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Show LE LE that it is hardly to be kept within tolerable Bounds ; but is very apt to run over whatever Plants ftand near, for which Reafonit fhould never be placed amongft choice Flowers, but alloweda Place in fome abject Part of the Garden, in a Cornerallotted to it, where it will grow to the Height of four Feet, and produce large radiated white Flowers in Augu/t andSeptember. ' The fourth Sort is feldom admitted into curious Flower-Gardens, it being a rambling Plant, and the Branches trailing upon the Ground, renders it unfightly, nor are the Flowers very beautiful ; fo that it is feldom preferved but in Botanick Gardens. Thefe are all very hardy Plants, and’will growin almoft anySoil or Situation, and there being verylittle Trouble in their Culture, they deferve Roominall large Gardens. The fixth Sort is tenderer than any of the former, and muft be preferved in Pots and fheltered in the Winter. This is propagated by planting Cuttings in any of the Summer Months, into a Border of light Earth, obferving to water and fhade themfrom the great Heat of the Sununtil they have taken Root, after which they muft be planted into Pots fill’d with light freth Earth, and expos’d to the open Air until the Middle or latter End of Ofober, when they muft be houfed 5; but fhould be placed into the cooleft Part of the Hloufe, where they may have much free Air in mild Weather, and muft be frequently refrefh’d with Water; but in Summer time they may be expos’d to the Open Air, in a fhady Situation, where theywill thrive much better than if expos’d to the Sun, which would dry the Earthtoo faft, fo that they would con- {tantly require to be watered, at Plantis not apt to continue above twoor three Years without renewing, therefore Cur- tings fhould be planted every other Year, to maintain the Kind, where People are curious to preferve their Varieties: There is no great Beauty in this Plant, but it is preferved in fome Gardens, for the true Pellitory of Spain, W hich in reality is a different Plant, though this has a very fharp acrid Tafte, much like that ofthe £ tory. LEUCOJUM[neuxsiey ofae xv, White, and » 2 Violet, i. e. White Viol, .]Stock-July -flower, The Charaéters 1s compofed for - moft part 2 Form 3. Levcojum ; p C: B. P. Purple or I 4. Leucojum 3; 24. Leucojum; majus, flore majore pleno, intus luteo extus ferruginea. The double ums; vel ry tock- July-floy anum, mayus, co Mor, Hift. The greater hoary crimfon StockJuly-flower, vulgarly call’dthe Brumpto n Stock. 5. Levcojum 3 violaceum, Tabern, Violet. coloured Stock-Fuly-flower, 6.1 IM + majus, ultiples, flore purpureo. €.B. P. Greater hoary StockJuly-flower; with a double Purple Flower, 7. Leucojum 3 incanum, S, multiplex; flore rubro. C. B.P. Greater hoary StockJuly-flower, with a double red Flower. 8. Leucojum 3 ixcanum; m yus, multi florealbo. Greater hoary Stock-July- flower, with a double white Flower. g. Levcojum 3 incanum n > Vari 1M y pleno flore. C. B. P. Thegreater hoary Stock. July-flower, with a double variegated Flower. 10, Leucoyum; majus, incan variegatum album, f flore | tci, maculis in albo rubris, G2. PR. Th € greater hoary Stoc k- July-flower, with a fingle white Flower fpotted and ftrip'd with Red. 11. Lzvcojum 3 pleno flore, album, fanis fignatum. Hort. Eyft, White k-July-flower, with a double Flower, <’d with bloody Spots. Leucoyum 5 pleno flores album, purpue reis maculis fignatum. Hort. Eyf. White Stock-July-flower, with a double Flower mark’d with purple Spots, 13. Lrucoyum ; incanum tum, pleno flore, 1 foliis in g HL. The greater hoary, variegated StockJuly-flower, witha double Flower, and Leaves edg’dwith Silver. 14. Leucojums; minus €? annuum. Dod. Leffer annual Stock- July-flower. { 15. Levcojum ; album, odoratifimum, folio ‘id. C. B. P. The mott fweet-fmelling Stock-July-flower, with a green Leaf, com- monlycall’d the Hite Wall-flower. 16. Leucojum; album odoratifimum, fone li, pleno flore. The double white Wall- flower ; vulgé, 17. Leucoyum; luteum, vulgare. C. B. P. The common yellow Wall-flower. : 8. Leuvcoyum ; luteum, flore pleno, minus C. B.P. The common double Wall-flower. 19. Leucojum ; anguftifolium, ang J Narrow-leav’d Alpine Flower, commonly call’d the Straw-coluré Wall-flower, : 21. Leucoyum ; luteum magno flore. C. B. P. Wall-flower, with a large Flower. — 22, Leucoyum; luteum, flore pleno, 0 -» B.P. C.B.P. The greater Wall-flower, wit double Flower. with fingle . flore ci The great hoary Stock-July- > with an Afh-colour’d Flower, » Levcojum 5 majus, S ferrugineo, flore 1 a Greater Wall-Flower, oe larger Flowers, Yellow within, and on Out-fide of an Iron-colour, commonly: call¢ the Ravenal Wall-flower. , 25. Leucojum; majus, flore pleno ferrugineo. Tourn. The old double bloody Wali-flower. 26. Lxeucojum 5 luteum, pleno flore, foliis ex luteo variegatis, The yellow variegated Wall-flower, with a double Flower. 27. Leucoyum 5 luteum pleno flore, foliis ex albo eleganter variegatis, The Silver-ftrip’d Wall-flower, with a double Flower. There are feveral other Varieties of thefe Flowers, which are preferv’d in fome curious Botanick Gardens ; but thofe here-mentioned, are the moft beautiful, and beft worth propagating, in all curious Flower-Gardens. All the Sorts of Stock-Fuly-flowers are propagated by Seeds: The beft Time for Sowing ’em is in the Beginning of April, upon a Border offreth light Earth, where they may be expos’d to the Morning Sun ; for if they are too much expos’d to the Sun in the Heat of the Day, theyare very fubjeét to be eaten by a fort of Fly, as they often are while young, upon a.hot dry Soil: To remedy which, youfhould always fow a few Radifhes amongft them, which will fecure *em fromthis Mifchief; for the Flies will always prey upon the Radifh whereby your Fuly-flower Plants will be preferved ; but then you muft not idifoes to be too thick amongft them, for that would draw’em up very weak, and caufe ’em to be long-fhank’d. When your Plants have gotten fix Leaves, they mutt be tranfplantedinto other Borders ofthe like freth Earth, and expos’d to the Morning Sun at about four Inches Diftance, obferving to water and fhade ’em until they have taken Root ; after which, they will require no farther Care, than only to keep them clear from Weeds until the Latter-end of Augu/t, good Seeds: And in faving thefe Seeds, if you obferve a greater Number of Petals than ufual in the fingle Flowers, it is a good Sign that the Seeds of fuch Plants will produce double Flowers. As thefe Plants are commonly biennial, and feldom continue longer than the fecond Year, fo there will be a Neceffity of fow- ing Seeds every Year; for when they have flower’d and feeded, they commonly decay foon after, as alfo do the Double Flowers foon after they are out of flower; or if fome of them fhould continue another Year, they are feldom fo ftrong, or produce fofair Flowers as the young feedling Plants: fo that, upon the Whole, they are {carcely worthftanding. Andtho’ fome People recommendthe Propagating the Double Sorts from Slips and Cuttings, as the fureft Way to have Double Flowers, which indeed is very true; yet the Plants. thus rais’d are always weaker than thofe rais’d from Seeds; and never produce their Flowers near fo large or fair: Wherefore, (as I {aid before) it is better to have a Succeffion of Seedling Plants every Year, amoneft which you will always have a Quan- tity of Double Flowers, provided your Seed be good. The Brompton Stock-Fuly-flower is by many People moft valu’d, for the Largenefs of its Flowers, and the Brightnefs of their Colour: but this Sort feldom produces more than one Spike of Flowers upon a Plant; whereas the Italian and Purple Sorts produce feveral very fair Bunches upon each Plant, efpecially if they have Strength: Andthere is a Sort commonly call’d The Stock-major, ( which, probably, is the feventh Sort here mention’d) which branches out on every Side, andproduces manyfair Spikes of Flowers from one Root ; thefe are of a beautiful Red Colour: As doth anotherSort, commonly(tho? falfely) or the Beginning of September, when you muft tranfplant them into the Borders of Pleajure-Gat which fhould be done, if poflible, in moift Weather, that they may the foonerftrike Root, whereby they will be lecurely faften’d in the Ground before the Froft comes on, which would prevent their g Root, and thereby either quite deftroy ft fe °em to flower very and others of a pale Red Colour, and fome of them are finely variegated ; and thefe all le who make a great eeds, and tranfplant- produc’d from Seeds taken from the fame Plant: but this Sort is very apt to degenerate, if the Seeds are not frequently changed. Alpinuin, Wall-flower, with a double Brimftone-colourd pecies are; _t. Levcojum; incanum, Great hoary Stock-July-flower, white Flowers, 5 tage incanum, 1 Ravenal 5 vu/gé. Julpbureo. H. R. Par. Narrow-leav'd Alpine Wall-flower, with a Brimftone-colour’d Flower. 20. Leucoyum ; fore pleno fulphureo, LE call’d The Annual Stock, which will produce its Flowersthe firft Year from Seed ; but then the Plants commonly continue the next Seafon, and floweragain very ftrong, andthefe often produce fome Variety in the Colour oftheir Flowers, fome being of a beautiful Scarlet, The fmall Annual Stock-Fuly-flower will at the Full, in order to obtain a er of double Flowers; but from ul Years Obfervation, I could never obany thing in this Management, nor from tly removing the Plants, as is by fome direéted, which only weakens them, and caufes ’em to produce fmaller Bunches of Flowers ; but I could not find any more of them come double by thisManagement, than if they had never been remov’d: But the beft Method t ve obferv’d, to have thefe Flowers in teft Perfe€tion, is to change the Seeds ', if you can procure a good Cor. at fome Place at great Diftance > will faithfully furnith you with produce Flowers in about ten Weeks after fowing, (which has occafion’dits being call’d The Ten Weeks Stock) ; and if the Seafon be tolerably cool and moift, thefe Flowerswill be very large: And many times: there are large Double Flowers produc’d among them, which renders them well worth propagating, efpecially if you fow them in May, whichwill caufe themto flower in Augu/t and September, when Flowersare beginning to be fcarce in the Gardens. Thefe Plants produceripe Seeds the fame Year, and rarely furvive thro’ a Winter. Thefe Plants fhould all be planted in a frefh light Soil, which muft not be dung’d ; for they don’t do fo well upon a rich Soil, in Zzzz which |