NATURAL HISTORY. 3 11 
F R I T I I. L A R Y 
Js a plant that has a ftem about a foot high, 
round, fmooth, and of a deep green colour. 
It is garnilhed with about fix or feven leaves, 
placed irregularly, and which are long and 
narrow. At the top of the ftem grow one or 
two flowers, hanging down in the lhape of a 
bell : thefe are fpeckled with feveral colours, 
and are compofed of fix leaves. The co- 
lours, being placed in the form of a chefs- 
board, havecaufcd this plant to be called the 
Fritillary, from Freiillus, which fignifies a 
chefs-board. Fritillaries are multiplied by 
bulbs and feeds. The bulbs are planted in 
September. 'They fliould be placed three 
inches deep, and at the fame diftance from 
each other. They flower in April. 
JESSAMINE. 
jf^LTHOUGH all the fpecies of JeflTa. 
mines grow in a very irregular form, and are 
never fubmitted to the pruning-knife, they 
are a beautiful ornament to any garden. Of 
the Jeflamines, there are too many forts to 
be heredefcribed ; we fliall therefore confine 
ourfelves to the common jelfamine, which 
is fo great a decoration to our gardens. 
