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INTRODUCTION. 
The Hyacinth is of the clafs and order 
Hexandria Monogynia; according to 
Linnaeus, it is the Hyacinthus orientalis ; 
five, Hyacinthus corollis infundibulifor- 
mibus femifexfidis, bah ventricohs: i. e. 
Oriental Hyacinth; or Hyacinth with 
funnel Ihaped corols or petals, cleft half 
way into fix parts, and fwelled at the 
bafe. The Oriental Hyacinth, according 
to Linnaeus, is a native of Aha and 
Africa; it is alfo called oriental by 
Diofcorides, who wrote during, or foon 
after, the reign of Vefpahan: Cafpar 
Bauhine refers to a work entitled Befler’s 
Hortus Eyftettenhs, the hrft part of which 
was publilhed in 1613, the laft in 1640, 
for three double varieties of the Oriental 
Hyacinth; but the hrft double Hyacinth 
known in Holland, was railed from 
feed, towards the 'end of the laft, or 
beginning of the prefent century, by 
Peter 
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