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entirely clear from weeds, as alfo to refrefh them 
gently with water, if the feafon fhould prove dry, 
but this muft be done fparingly and with caution. 
In this place you fhould let the boxes remain until 
the beginning of Auguft at which time you fhould 
prepare fome beds of the above mentioned frefh light 
earth, which muft be levelled very even ; then take 
the earth out of the boxes, together with the fhiall 
bulbs, and ftrew it equally over the beds, covering it 
over about half an inch thick with fine lifted earth ; 
and if the feafon fhould prove very hot and dry, you 
would do well to fhade the beds in the middle of the 
day from the great heat of the fun, and refrefh them 
now and then with water. 
You muft alfo obferve to keep them entirely clear 
from weeds, and if the following winter fhould prove 
very cold, you muft cover the beds with Peas-haukn, 
or fome other light covering, to keep out the froft, 
which would prejudice the roots, if fuffered to enter 
deep into the ground (efpecially while they are fo 
young :) but you muft never let the covering remain 
on in mild weather, which would alfo be very inju- 
rious to them. 
The end of February, or the beginning of March, 
when the hard frofts are over, you Ihould gently 
clear off the earth upon the furface of the beds (which, 
during the winter feafon, will often have contracted 
a moffinefs ;) and fift a little frefh earth equally 
over the beds, which will greatly encourage the roots ; 
but in doing this, you muft be very careful not to 
ftir the ground fo deep as to difturb or injure the 
roots nor fhould you defer doing it too late, left 
the fhoots fhould be coming up, which, by this ope- 
ration might be broken and greatly hurt ; and as the 
feafon advances, you muft be careful to clear them 
from weeds, and in dry weather to water them gently, 
but they fhould not have it in great plenty ; and in 
very hot days, if you fhade them from the fun, it will 
be of great fervice to them ; but this need not be 
done till the latter end of April or the beginning of 
May, when the feafon is fometimes very hot and dry. 
When their leaves are quite decayed, you fhould ftir 
the furface of the beds again (but do not go too 
deep) which will prevent the weeds from growing 
very faft, and be of fervice to the roots ; and in Sep- 
tember you muft fift fome more frefli earth over the 
beds about half an inch thick, and in winter and 
fpring you muft manage them as was directed for the 
preceding year. 
In September following thefe roots will require to be 
tranfplanted to a greater diftance, when you muft pre- 
pare fome beds of the fame frefh light earth as was 
before directed, making them level then take up 
the roots and tranfplant them into the beds, placing 
them about eight inches afunder, obferving to put 
the roots with their buds uppermoft, and about four 
inches below the furface. 
This work fhould be done when the weather is 
moift, for if the roots are tranfplanted in a very dry 
feafon, and there doth not happen rain foon after, 
they will take a mouldinefs which many times rots 
them. 
You muft alfo obferve, as was before directed, to 
keep the beds entirely clear from weeds j and in win- 
ter, if the froft fhould be very fevere, you muft cover 
them with Peas-haulm or decayed tan, to prevent the 
roots from being injured thereby , and in the fpring 
you fhould take off the covering, alfo the earth from 
the furface of the beds, as before, laying fome frefh 
thereon, and fo continue the fummer and winter’s 
work, as before. 
The fecond year after being planted in thefe beds, 
the ftrongeft roots will begin to flower j at which time, 
if you obferve any peculiar varieties, you Ihould put 
down a flick by each of thefe roots to mark them ; 
which may be taken up when their leaves are de- 
cayed, and removed into the borders of the flower- 
garden, or tranfplanted into other beds at a greater 
diftance, to encourage them to flower ftrong. But 
you cannot be fo gootj^a judge which of thefe will be 
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good by their find flowers, therefore you fhould never 
rejed any of them until they have, flowered two years •* 
for many times, fome of thefe 'flowers- will make but 
a mean appearance the firft year, and afterwards be- 
come fair handfome flowers when they have obtained 
ftrength , fo that you fhould luffer all fuch, of whole 
worth you are not allured, to remain undifturbed two 
years, that you may be afeertained which of them are 
worth preferving ; thefe fhould be removed into the 
flower-garden at a proper feafon, but ' the ordinary 
ones may be rejected, or planted in ffhady outer walks, 
where, though they are mean flowers, they will ap- 
pear well enough. 
LILIUM CON V ALLIUM. See Convallaria. 
LILIUM PERSICUM. See Fritillaria, 
LILIUM SUPERBUM. See Gloriosa. - 
L I M E-T REE. See Tilia. 
LIMODORUM. Flor. Virg. iio. Lin. Gen. 
Plant. 904. Helleborine. Tourn. Lift. R. Iff. 436. 
tab. 249. Baftard Hellebore. 
The Characters are, 
It hath a fingle naked flower-ftalk , arifrng immediately 
from the root. The flowers have no emp dement , but a 
flpatha {or jheath) fituated below them. The flovjcr is 
comp of ed of five oval petals, which are MJfmilar. The 
fide petals fpread open , but the two upper are connected 
together the lower one is keel-Jhaped , fo that it has much 
the appearance of a butterfly flower. Within the petals 
■is fituated a concave netblarium of one leaf, which is as 
long as the petals. It has two ft amino. , which are as long 
as the petals., terminated by two oval fummits .. It hath 
a column-jhaped germen fituated under the flower, which 
is as long as the petals , flupporting a f ender ftyle , faftened 
to the fltamina , crowned by a funnel-jhaped ftigrna. The 
column-jhaped germen afterward turns to a capfule of the 
farne form, opening with three valves , having one cell , 
in which are lodged four or jive roundijh feeds. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the firft feftion of 
Linnaeus’s twentieth clafs, which includes thofe plants 
whofe flowers have but two ftamina, which are con- 
neded with the ftyle. 
We have but one Species of this genus at pre- 
fent in England, viz. 
Limqdorum ( Tuberofum ) foliis longis anguftis fulcatis 
& acuminatis, pedunculis longiffimis. Limodorum with * 
long narrow leaves ending in acute points, and a very long 
foot-flalk to the flower. Helleborine Americana, ra- 
dice tuberofa, foliis longis anguftis, caule nudo, fio- 
ribus ex rubro pallide-purpurafcentibus. Martyn. 
Cent. 1. PI. 50. Icon. tab. 165. American Baftard 
Hellebore with a tuberofe root, long narrow leaves, a 
naked ftalk, and flowers of a red and pale purplijh colour. 
This plant grows naturally in Jamaica, elpecially on 
the north fide of that iiland, from whence many of 
the roots were fent me by the late Dr. Houftoun, with 
the following title, Helleborine purpurea, tuberofa 
radice. Plum. Cat. 9. fo that it is the fame plant with 
Plumier’s. It alfo grows naturally in the French 
Iflands of America. The roots of this were afterward, 
brought me from the Bahama Iflands, w r here it was 
found growing naturally ; and it was fince fent me 
from Penfylvania, by Mr. John Bartram, who found 
it growing naturally in that country. 
The root of this plant is lhaped like that of the true 
Saffron Crocus, but the outer cover is of a darker 
brown colour j from this comes out two or three 
leaves, according to the fize and ftrengthof the root ; 
thefe are nine or ten inches long, and near three 
quarters of an inch broad in the middle, being con- 
traded toward both ends, terminating with long acute 
points, folding over each other at their bale •, they 
have five longitudinal furrows, like the firft leaves of 
young Palms ; thefe leaves come out in the fpring, 
and frequently decay the following winter ; but when 
the plants are kept in a warm ftove, they are not very 
long deftitute of leaves. The flower- ftalk arifes im- 
mediately from the root, on one fide of the leaves - 3 
this is naked, fmooth, and of a purplifh colour to- 
ward the top. It is near a foot and a half high, and 
terminated by a loofe fpike of purplifh red flowers, 
ftanding 
