NATURAL HISTORY. 274 
MARTAGON. 
Tue martagon, or mountain lily, confifts of fey- 
eral forts. he great martagon has a red flower, 
growing ona ftem between two and three feet high, 
without any footftalk. It is {mooth to the touch, and 
of a deep green: The flower is crooked, and bends 
down at the end of the ftalk, which fupports it from 
falling. Theplant may be fetin any for. Itmut 
be planted a fpan deep in the earth, and the fame 
diftance from any other flowers which it accompanies. 
itis fet among flowers of the larger fize, or rather in 
the middle of borders, with flowers {maller than it- 
felf. Lhe martagon blooms in May. ‘The bulbs 
thould not be removed before you intend to trant{- 
plant them. . Being fooner affected with heat than 
cold, the bulbs fhould be fheltered from the fun with 
little layers of earth, or preferved from fummer heat 
by frequent waterjngs. © | 
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SWEET PEA. 
Tus plant is frequently introduced into gardens 
from the fweetnefs. of its. fcent, and the delicate 
beauty ofits flowers: It is generally fet with anoth- 
er, called the painted lady. ‘The flower of the fweet 
pea is exactly-the fameas the common. pea bloffom, 
except being;purple inftead of white. ‘Lhe. flower of 
the-painted. lady.1s pink and white. They, are both 
raifed, from feed; which. is fawn abont the time of the 
