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The bulbous Root of this Flower 

 is about the Size of thofe of the 

 common Snow-drop, and is in Shape 

 very like them. Each of thefe pro- 

 duces one oval Leaf, in Shape like 

 that of the Adders - tongue, hav- 

 ing no Footftaik, but grows clofe to 

 the Ground. On the Side of the 

 Leaf ariies the Flower-ftem, which 

 feldom is more than two Inches high : 

 thefe fuftain the Flowers, which 

 grow upon fhort Footftalks, in form 

 of a Spike : they are of a bright 

 blue Coiour ; refembling thofe of the 

 early blue ftarry Hyacinth, but are 

 fmaller. Thefe fall away, without 

 producing anySeeds in England ; nor 

 do the Bulbs fend out Off-fets, fo 

 that the Plant is yet pretty rare in 

 the Gardens. Although the Flow- 

 ers of this Plant are fo fmall as to 

 make but little Appearance in the 

 Garden, yet thofe who are curious 

 in collecting all the Variety of buib- 

 ous-rooted Flowers, efteem it for 

 the Difference there is in the Leaf 

 and Flower from the other Species 

 of this Genus. 



The Roots are hardy, and may 

 be treated in the fame manner as 

 thofe of the other Species of this 

 Genus ; but they mould not be re- 

 moved oftener than every third 

 Year. The time for taking up of 

 the Roots is foon after the Leaves 

 are decayed ; and they fhould be 

 planted again pretty early in the 

 Autumn. They feem to thrive bell 

 in a loofe loamy Soil, which is not 

 much dunged. 



The twenty-fecond Sort was for- 

 merly more common in the Englijh 

 Gardens, than at prefent. ThisKind 

 is more tender than either of the 

 former ; fo mould be planted in Pots 

 tlltc with faith light Earth ; and in 

 Winter muft be placed in an airy 

 G^fs-cafe, amongft Sedums, Ficoi- 



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des's, and fuch other pretty hardy 

 fucculent Plants, which require a 

 large Share of Air in mild Weather; 

 and in Summer they may be remo- 

 ved out of theHoufe, and placed in a 

 warm-fheltered Situation ; obferving 

 never to give thefe Plants much Wa- 

 ter when they are not in a growing 

 State, ielt it rot their Roots ; but 

 when they are growing freely, they 

 m-jit be frequently refrefhed with 

 Water. Thefe Roots mould be 

 tranfplanted every Year : the beft 

 time to perform this Work is foon 

 after their Flower-ftems are decayed, 

 when the Roots will be in the moft 

 inactive State. When this is done 

 the Off-fets fhoulci be carefully taken 

 off, and each tranfplanted into a fe- 

 parate fmall Pot fil ed with light 

 frefh Earth, and may be treated as 

 the old Roots. 



The twenty-third Sort is a Na- 

 tiue of America, not only of the 

 Continent? but alfo of the Iflands 

 there : Mr. Banijler found it grow- 

 ing wild in Virginia, and fent it to 

 Mr. Petinjer ; and Mr. Ray has pub- 

 liftied it in the Catalogue of Plants 

 made by Mr. Banijler in Virginia : 

 and Wlr.CattJhy fince found it grow- 

 ing in Carolina ; and has exhibited 

 a Figure of it in his Hiftory of that 

 Country : but I have, by Accident, 

 had this Plant come up in the Earth 

 which has come from Jamaica and 

 Antigua, in which other Plants were 

 fent over, by which it appears to be 

 common in both thofe Iflands. 



This is a very humble Plant, never 

 rifing above fix Inches high : the 

 Leaves are (haped like thofe of the 

 fmalleft Cyprefs-grafs, being trian- 

 gular, long, and hairy : the Flowers 

 are produced on {lender Footftalks 

 arifing from the Root, being naked ; 

 and on the Top are produced, two 

 or three fmall yellow Fiov/ers. 



