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NATURAL HISTORY. 269 
year. They may be tranfplanted about March or 
September. The time of flowering is in July and 
—ScbcNETEME $024 — 
“LILY OF THE VALLEY. 
Many are furprifed that this plant fhould be 
called a lily, as the bloffom has not the leaft refemb- 
lance to that flower. Qf this plant there are two 
forts ; the white and the large leafed lily. The firft 
has a ftem a foot high, bearing three long, large, 
fmooth, green leaves: The ftem, from the middle 
upwards, is adorned with flowers almoft round, white, 
very fragrant, and faftened to a finall {prig. The 
fecond only differs from the firftin having red flow- 
ers inclining to white, and not having fo agreeable 2 
feent. The lily of the valley is, only multiplied by 
flips taken from the plant and roots. This plant, fir{t 
arifing in a valley, thrives no where fo well as in- 
fhady places ; for which reafon, it is never fet in the 
walks, but in fome private part of the garden, where 
itis reared for the fake of its flowers. 
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CROWN IMPERIAL, _ 
‘Tus plant has a ftem about two feet high, which 
is furrounded with long, pointed leaves, growing im- 
mediately from the root: The {tem is likewife gar- 
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