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Hiinc •vero liquorem apes ftoribus exugunt, fecumque in alvearia 
fud portantj unde mel conficiunt. 
In this PafTage there arc two Things faid in more exprefs and 
pofitivc Terms, than in other Authors ; Firfi^ That no petalous 
Flower is without a Concha in each F^etalum, And fecondlyy That 
the Liquor contained in thefe ConcheCy is as fweet in the bittereft 
Plants as in the fwcctch:. 
C U L T U R A. 
I Have already acquainted the Reader, that hitherto I have had nO 
opportunity of examining the Culture of this Plant myfelf ; but 
this defed will be abundantly fupplied by the following Account, 
which I procured from the ingenious Mr. Fairchildy concerning his 
method of Managing it. The truth of every Thing contained in 
his Letter may be fecurely depended upon j for befides that, Mr. Fair- 
child has great numbers of thefe Lillies in his Gardens, in full Per- 
feflion, as proofs of the Genuinenefs of his method of Culture } he 
is fo defcrvcdly famous for his great Skill in all the parts of Gar- 
dening, that to him we ate obliged for moft of the confiderable Im- 
provements that have been made in that delightful Art for thefe fc- 
veral Years pafl; ; they being either intirely owing tohimfelf, or he 
having affiftcd others in making them. Neither is his Art confined 
to what may be called the pradice of Gardening only. It extends 
to the moft refined Parts of the Theory of Vegetation ; for it is 
but a Very little while ago, that we had the Plcafure of having him 
communicate to the Royal Society y feveral Experiments equally new 
and conclufive, concerning the continual motion of the Sap in 
Plants. His Letter is to this Purpofe. 
SIR, 
I Have here fent you art Account of the proper manage- 
ment of the Guernfay Lillies. They love a light 
Earthy made 'with T)ung and Sandy and a little Time Hubbi/h 
with it docs very well y it keeps the Roots found : For 
if the Earth be too fliff or wety you may hedp them many 
Tears before they blow. 
If they are in TotSy they fhould be put in the Houfe 
in Winter^ to keep them from the feverc Froflsy which are 
K apt 
