natural history. 
H Y A C I N T II. 
EXT to thefe follows the hyacinth, with 
all its virgin beauties : there are fo many 
forts of them, and fo different in colour, 
that nature feenis to have taken pleafure In. 
forming them, and rendering them more ad- 
mirable by variety. As we are noticing the 
more early flowers, we have to obferve, that 
the winter and fpring hyacinth is blue, and 
odoriferous. It is little, round, and of a 
fingle colour. Hyacinths, like many other 
flowers, are multiplied by feed. Ihe bulbs 
that are produced from the feeds, bear no 
flowers until the fourth year. The greatefb 
part of hyacinths delight in places that are 
expofed to the fun, and apart from other 
flowers. Like animals that herd together 
in flocks, hyacinths are, by nature, moll a- 
dapted to grow in cluflers, by themfelvcs. 
hi A II T A G O N. 
^"JPlIE martagon, or mountain lily, confifls 
of feveral forts. The great martagon has a 
red flower, growing on a flem between two 
and three feet high, without any footflalk. Ic 
is imnoth to the touch, and of a deep green ; 
the flower is crooked, and bends down at 
