NATURAL HISTORY. 307 
fpecies. Its general defcription is, being a 
plant that Ihoots from its root five or fix 
oblong leaves, about an inch broad, fmooth, 
and of a brownifh green. Amid thefe 
leaves rifes the ftalk, bearing at the top a 
yellow fingle-leaved flower like a pipe, and 
cut into fix parts. TheColchicum will grow 
in any foil. It is multiplied by bulbs, which 
are produced every year in abundance. 
They (hould be planted in pots or borders, 
and tranfplanted in July, in which date 
they fhould lie until September. They flow- 
er in March. 
POLYANTHUS 
Xs divided into the primrofe and cowflip 
kind ; and thefe are fubdivided again into the 
fingle-flowering, double-flowering hofe in 
hofe, pentaloons, and feathers. The fingle- 
flowering are chiefly white, yellow, red, pur- 
ple, and violet-coloured. They are multiplied 
by feeds, I'own in February, upon a place 
prepared with earth taken out of decayed 
willows ; often refreflilng the new-fown fpot 
with water ; and keeping it fliaded fiom the 
fun, all April and May, ’ until the young 
plants appear. The Primrofe kinds bloflom 
clofe to the ground ; and the Cowllip fpecies, 
about fix inches higher. Both theie-forts 
may be planted near the edges of borders. 
