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but are curved downward at the bottom. They are 
ranged along one fide of the ftalk, and are of a pur- 
plifh red colour. This flowers the latter end of May, 
and in June, and the feeds ripen the beginning of Au- 
guft ; it requires no care, for when it is once planted 
in a garden, it will multiply too fait, fo as to become 
a troublefome weed. 
There is a variety of this with white flowers, and 
another with fielh -coloured flowers, which have ac- 
cidentally rifen from feeds, fo are not different 
fpecies. 
The fecond fort differs from the firft, in having 
the flowers ranged on both fides the ftalk, but in 
other refpedts it is very like to that ; and of this 
there is a variety with white flowers, but thele are 
not fo common in the Englifn gardens as the former. 
The third fort hath larger roots than either of the 
former, but are of the fame form ; the leaves are 
alfo much broader and longer, the veins or channels 
of the leaves are deeper,- the flower-italics rife 
higher ; the flowers are much larger, and of a deeper 
red colour than thofe of the former forts, and the 
fheaths are longer. This plant makes a fine appear- 
ance in flower, fo is worthy of a place in every good 
garden •, .and the rather, becaufe the roots do not in- 
creafe fo faff as to become troublefome in the borders. 
This is propagated by offsets, which are fent off from 
the roots in the fame manner as Tulips. The roots 
may be taken out of the ground the end of July, 
when their ftalks decay, and may be kept out of the 
ground till the latter end of September, or the begin- 
ning of Oftobe.r; at which time they fhould be planted 
in the borders of the flower-garden, where they will 
thrive in any fituation, and being intermixed with 
other flowers of the fame growth, they will add to 
the variety. 
The fourth fort grows naturally at the Cape of Good 
Hope, from whence I have leveral times received the 
feeds. This has been many years cultivated in the 
Englifh gardens, but very rarely flowers here ; for 
in near thirty years that I have cultivated this 
fort, I have never feen it but once in flower, though 
I have kept it in all fituations, and planted it in va- 
rious foils. The roots increafe very faff, but will 
not live in the open air through the winter in this 
country. The roots of this fort are broader and 
flatter than thofe of any of the other forts, and are 
covered with a netted (kin ; the leaves come out in 
the fame manner, embracing each other like the for- 
mer forts ; they are longer, fmoother, and of a 
brighter green, than any of the others •, thefe begin 
to appear in September, and continue growing in 
fize till after Chriftmas ; they begin to decay in 
March, and the latter end of June are quite withered, 
when the roots may be taken up, and kept out of 
the ground till Auguft •, the time of its flowering is 
in January. The flowers of this fort are placed on 
each fide the ftalk, and fit clofe to it, like the 
grains of the fiat Barley •, the (heaths between the 
flowers are not fo long as thofe of the other forts, 
and form a kind of fcaly covering to them. The 
flowers are of a pale red colour without, but the three 
lower fegments are yellow within toward their bafe, 
with a few red (tripes. The flowers do not all open at 
the fame time, but the lower ones decay before thofe 
on the upper part of the fpike are in beauty ; however, 
they make a good appearance at a feafon when all 
flowers are valuable. 
This fort propagates by offsets very faff ; thefe fhould 
be planted in a warm border of kitchen-garden 
earth, and in winter they fhould be covered with 
glaffes or mats to guard them from froft ; for I have 
with a flight fhelter preferved thofe which were in 
pots under a common frame, and fome which were 
planted in the full ground, when the froft has not 
been fevere ; and I have always found that thofe 
plants which were hardily treated, grew much ftronger 
than thofe which were placed in a moderate degree of 
warmth ; fo that where there is a conveniency of co- 
vering a warm border with glaffes in the winter, if 
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thefe roots are planted in the full ground, where they 
may be protected from the froft, there will be a greater 
probability of their flowering, than in any other me- 
thod of culture. 
The fifth fort grows naturally at the Cape of Good 
Hope, from whence I received the feeds, which 
fucceeded in the Chelfea garden, where the plants' 
annually produce their beautiful flowers. 
"1 his hath a round, fmooth, bulbous root, ■ which is 
covered with a thin dark-coloured (kin, from which 
come out in autumn two or three very narrow gra-fly 
leaves, folded over each other at their bafe, but open 
flat above, and rife near two feet high. In the fpring 
of the year arifes a Angle ftalk from between the 
leaves about two feet long, which always bend on 
one fide ; toward the upper part of this come out two 
or three flowers, ranged on one fide of the ftalk, 
(landing upright, each having a narrow fpatha, or 
hood, and long (lender tubes, which fwell large up- 
ward, and are divided into fix parts, which are nearly 
equal. The flower is of a dufky flefh colour, and 
each fegment of the petal has a rhomboidal mark 
of a dark red, or purple colour •, afterward the tube 
of the flower opens, and the deep divifion of the 
petals is feen, and the three (lamina with their fum- 
mits appear, attended by the ftyle with its trifid 
ftigma, arifingfrom the germen. This plant flowers 
in May and the beginning of June ; as this plant is a 
native of a warm country, it requires protection from 
the froft in winter ; therefore the bulbs fhould be 
planted in pots filled with light earth, and placed in 
the green-houfe in winter; or, where there is not fuch 
conveniency, they may be put under a hot-bed 
frame during that feafon, where they may have air in 
mild weather, and be fcreened from the froft ; in 
fuch fituations I have had them thrive and flower very 
well. 
This is propagated by offsets from the root in the 
fame manner as the laft, and alfo by feeds, which are 
frequently perfected in England ; thefe fhould be fawn 
the latter end of Auguft, in pots filled with light earth, 
and placed in a fhady fituation till the middle of Sep- 
tember ; then the pots fhould be removed where they 
may have the fun great part of the day, and in Octo- 
ber they mud be placed under a hot-bed frame, where 
they may be protected from froft and great rains, but 
enjoy the free air in mild weather. In the fpring the 
young plants will appear, when they will require a 
little water once in eight or ten days, but it fhould be 
given them fparingly, for too much wet will rot thefe 
tender bulbs. In May, when the danger of froft is 
over, the pots fhould be removed to a (heltered fitua- 
tion, where they may have the morning fun till noon ; 
and, if the feafon proves dry, they muft be now and 
then refreflied with water. Toward the latter end of 
June, the leaves of thefe plants will decay ; then the 
roots fhould be taken up, and may be mixed with 
fand, and kept in a dry room till the end of Auguft, 
when they (hould be planted again ; and as the roots 
are fmall, four or five may be planted in each half- 
penny pot, filled with light earth ; thefe (hould be 
placed where they may have only the forenoon fun, 
till the middle of September, when they (hould have 
a warmer fituation ; and in October they muft be 
placed under a hot bed frame as before, and treated 
in the fame way during the winter feafon ; and in 
the fpring they muft be placed in me open air till 
their leaves decay, when they may be again taken 
out of the ground, and treated in the fame' manner as 
before ; but as the roots will have grown to a larger 
fize, fo when they are planted again, they fhould 
each have a feparate half-penny pot, becaufe now they 
will be large enough to flower, fo may- be treated as 
the old roots. -• 
The fixth fort is alfo a native of the Cape- of Good 
Hope, from whence I have feveral times received the 
feeds ; the root of this fort is oval, not comprefled as 
thofe of the common forts. The leaves are very long 
and narrow, having two deep furrows running the 
whole length, the midrib riling very prominent, fo as 
to 
