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teenth, fixteenth, forty-firft, forty- 

 second, forty - third, forty - fourth, 

 forty-fifth, forty-fixth, forty-feventh, 

 forty-eighth, forty-ninth, and fiftieth 

 Sorts are alfo of humble Growth, 

 feldom rifing above eighteen Inches 

 high ; thefe have likevvife narrow 

 Leaves, and do not fpread fo much 

 as thole Sorts before-mentioned j 

 therefore may be allowed Places in 

 j'mallcr Gardens, becaufe there is a 

 great Variety in their Flowers. 

 They mould be planted in an Eafl: 

 Border, where the Soil is rather moift 

 than dry j in which Pofition they will 

 thrive, and produce a great Number 

 of Flowers. The Places of their 

 natural Growth are mentioned to 

 their diiferent Names ; from whence 

 their Seeds or Roots may be pro- 

 cured. 



The fifty-firft, fifty-second, fifty- 

 third, and fifty-fourth Sorts are Na- 

 tives of A?nerica\ from whence their 

 Seeds and Roots have been fent into 

 England: the flfty-firlt and fifty- 

 fecond Sorts were fent from Mary- 

 land, where their Roots are ufed in 

 venereal Cafes. Thefe flower late 

 in the Summer, after all the other 

 Sorts are paft : therefore mould be 

 admitted into every curious Gar- 

 den ; for they are as hardy, and re- 

 quire as little Care in cultivating, as 

 any of the before mentioned Kinds. 



All thefe Sorts of Flower-de-luce 

 may be propagated by parting their 

 Roots : the beft Seafon for perform- 

 ing this is at Michaelmas, that they 

 may be well rooted before the Froft 

 begins ; for if it be delayed till 

 Spring, the Plants will require to be 

 frequently watered, if the Seafon 

 fhould prove dry ; and they will not 

 flower near fo ftrong, as thofe which 

 were well rooted before Winter. The 

 dwarf and narrow-leav'd Kinds may 

 be removed and parted every fecund 

 or third Year ; becaufe as thefe do 



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not fpread fo faft as the larger Kinds, 

 they may be eafily kept within Com- 

 pafs, without being often tranfplant- 

 ed. But all the larger Sorts Ihould be 

 either removed and parted every 

 Year, or dug about, and reduced ; 

 other wife they will fpread fo much 

 as to injure fuch Plants as grow 

 near them : indeed in thofe Places 

 where they are planted under Trees 

 in large Wood-work, and are allow- 

 ed room enough, they may be per- 

 mitted to grow many Years unre- 

 in oved. 



The greateft Part of thefe Plants 

 grow too large for fmall Flower- 

 gardens ; and their Leaves generally 

 harbour great Quantities of Snails, 

 and other Vermin, which come forth 

 in the Night, and deftroy whatever 

 curious Plants grow near them : for x 

 which Reafons they are generally 

 baniOVd from very curious Gardens, 

 and are proper only for large Gar- 

 dens, or to plant in Wilxjernefs-quar- 

 ters, where, if the Trees are not too 

 clofe, they will thrive and flower 

 extremely well, efpecially if the 

 Ground about them be annually dug. 

 and the Flowers being proper Or- 

 naments in Bafons, for Halls, Chim- 

 neys* &c. in the Summer-feafon, 

 they may be allowed a Place in fome 

 remote Part of the Garden, where 

 few other things will thrive. 



The i ft, 4th, and 7th Sorts are 

 ufed in Medicine ; for which Pur- 

 pofe they may be eafily propagated 

 in the manner above directed ; ob- 

 ferving to plant the fourth Sort in a 

 warmer Soil than the others ; and 

 the feventeenth into a moift fhady 

 Situation, where it will . thrive ex- 

 ceedingly. 



The 6th, 15th, and 16th Sorts 

 are not fo fubjecl to fpread as the 

 others; and, for their Beauty, may 

 be admitted into every curious Gar- 

 den : thefe fhould be planted under 

 a Wall 



