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very large Pots, they will ftarve and 

 decay, without producing any Flow- 

 ers. They are tco tender to endure 

 the open Air in this Country ; there- 

 fore they mould always remain in the 

 Hot-bed, being careful to let them 

 have a due Proportion of Air in hot 

 Weather : and the annual Sort mould 

 be brought forward as fall as poflible 

 in the Spring, that the Plants may 

 flower early - t otherwife they will 

 not produce good Seeds in Eng- 

 land. 



The fecond Sort mould remain in 

 the Hot-bed during the Summer- 

 feafon (provided there be room un- 

 der the Glafie?, without being 

 fcorched) ; but at Michaelmas they 

 ihould be removed into the Stove, 

 and plunged into the Bark-bed ; 

 where they muft: remain during the 

 Winter - feafon, obferving to keep 

 them warm,' as alfo to water them 

 gently two or three times a Week, 

 according as they fhall require. The 

 following Summer thefe Plants, will 

 flower, and abide feveral Years ; but 

 they rarely produce good Seeds in 

 JEurcpe. 



IXIA. 



The Char ail ers are ; 



The F/onver is inclofed in a per- 

 manent Sheath, which divides into 

 two unequal Portions : the Flower is 

 co?npofed of Jix oblong Petals, which 

 are equal : in the Centre of the Flow- 

 er is Jituated an coal three-cornered 

 Pointal, attended by three Stamina, 

 crowned with Jhort flat Summits : the 

 Point al afterward changes to an 

 fi<val three-cornered Capfule, opening 

 in three Cells % which are filed with 

 roundijh Seeds. 



The Species are ; 



I . Ix I a foliis gladiolatis nlternis, 

 Jloribus terminatricibus. Ixia with 

 fword - fhapM Leaves growing al- 

 ternate, and Flowers on the Tops of 

 "$he Sialks. 



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2. Txia foliis lineari-enflforinibus^ 

 floribus alternis, caule bulbiflro. Ixiil 

 with narrow fword-fliaped Leaves, 

 Flowers growing alternate; a (d 

 Stalks producing Bulbs. 



3. Ixia foliis linearibus, floribuf 

 confertis terminatricibus. Ixia with 

 narrow grafly Leaves, and Flowers, 

 growing in a Clufter on the Top of 

 the Stalks. 



Thefe Plants are all Natives of 

 the Country near the Cape of Good 

 Hope. The firft Sort hath been fome 

 Years an Inhabitant of the Engli/b 

 Garden?, but was not reduced to 

 any Genus : by fome Perfons it has 

 been intitled Sifyrinchium, to which 

 Genus it is near a kin ; but, on a 

 Ariel Examination of the Chara- 

 cter?, it appears to belong to this 

 Genus, which muft be placed be- 

 tween the Crocus and Glad'olus. 



The other two Sorts I raifed from 

 Seeds, which were fent me by my 

 learned Friend, Dr. Job Bafler, F. 

 R. S. of Zirlzee in Holland, who pro- 

 cured them from the Cape of Good 

 Hope, with many other curious 

 Plants. 



The firft Sort is hardy enongh to 

 refift the Cold of our ordinary Win- 

 ters in the open Air, if it is planted 

 in a warm Situation, and a dry Soil ; 

 but the Plants which grow abroad 

 do not ripen Seeds in England. 

 Therefore where Perfons are defirous 

 to obtain Seeds, the Plants mould 

 be plunged into an Hot- bed, where 

 they will produce plenty of Flowers 

 and Seeds every Year. Thofe Plants 

 which are fo managed, will flower 

 in June, and their Seeds will ripen 

 the Beginning of September ; but 

 thofe which grow in the open Air, 

 do feldom flower before the latter 

 EndofyVy ; however, thefe Flowers 

 will continue longer in Beauty, than 

 thofe which are placed in the Hot- 

 bed. 



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