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they are not covered ro protecl them from froft : thcfe 

 late planted roots will flower a fortnight or three 

 w^eeks after thofc which were planted in autumn, and 

 many times blow equally as fair, efpecially if it prove 

 a moill fpring, or that care be takun.to rcfrefli them 



gently with water. 



But then the incrt'afe of thefc roots will not be near 

 fo great as thofc of your finl planting, provided they 

 were not hurt in winter'-, and it is for this rcafon all 

 ^thofe who mulce fale of thefc roots, are forward in 

 planting •, for although it may happen, by iharp 

 pinching frofts in the Ipring, that their flowers are not 

 f ) double and fair-as thole planted a little later, yet' 

 if they can preferve the green leaves of the plants from 

 being injured, the roots will greatly increafe in bulk; 

 but in fuch gardens where thcfe flowers are preferved 

 with care, tlierc is always proviflon made to cover 

 them from the injuries of the weather, by arching 

 t!ie beds over with hoops, or frames of wood, and 

 covering them with garden-mats or cloths, in frofl:y 

 nights, and bad weather, efpecially in the fpring of 

 the year, when their buds begin to appear ; for other- 

 wiie, if you plant the bed and moll double flowers, 

 the black frolts and cutting winds in March willcaufe 

 tli^m to blow Angle, by dcflroying the thrum that is 

 in the middle of the flower ; and this many times 

 hath occafioned many people who have bought the 

 roots, to think they were cheated in the purchafe of 

 them, when it was wholly owing to their negltfl of 

 covering them, that their flowers were fingle. 

 In the beginning of April your firfl: planted roots w:ll 

 begin to flower, which will continue for three weeks 

 or more, according "to the heat of the weather, or 

 the care taken in coveriog them, during the heat of 

 the day, with mats or cloths : after thefe are pafl: 

 flowering, the fecond planted forts will come to fuc- 



"ceed them, and thefe will be followed by thofe planted 

 in the fpring ; fo that you m.ay have thefe beauties 

 continued for near two months together, or fometimes 

 longer, if the fealbn prove favourable, or proper care 

 is taken to Ihade them in the heat of the day. 

 The beginning of June, the leaves of your flrfl; blown 

 roots will begin to decay •, foon after which time you 

 muil take them out of the ground, clearing them from 

 decayed fl:alks, and wafliing them, to take the earth 

 clean from tlie root •, then fpread them on a mat in a 

 dry fliady place till they are perfedlly dried, when 

 you may put tliem up in bags, and hang them out 

 of the reach of mice, or other vermin, which will 

 deHiroy many of the roots if they cao come at them. 

 Oblerve alfo to take up the latter planted roots as 

 foon as their leaves decay; for if they are IluTered to 

 remain long after in the ground, and there fhouldfall 

 fome fliowers of rain, thty would foon put forth frefli 

 fibres, and make new flioots, when it would be too 

 late to remove them ; at the time when you t:ike up 

 the roots, is the proper feafoii for breaking or parting 

 them, which may be done by fcparating thofe that 

 you would choofe to make all polflble increafe from, 

 into as many parts as you can conveniently, provided 

 each one of them have a good eye or bud ; but thofe 

 you intend to blow llrong, fliould by no m^ans be 

 parted too flnall, which gfeatly weakens their flow- 



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Tlie principal colours in Anemonics are, white, red, 

 blue, and purple ; and thefe in fome of them, are cu- 

 rioufly inrermixcdi ; but the mod prevailing colours 

 amongil our Englifh raifed Anemonies, are white and 

 red ; though of late we have received from France 

 great varieties of blues and purples, which are ex- 

 ceeding fine flowers, and being intermixed with the 

 Engliihi flowers, rhake a fine variety : we fliould there- 

 fore obferve, in planting the roots, to dillriburc the 

 different colours, lb as to make an agreeable mixture 



of each in every bed, which will greatly add to their 

 beauty. * - ■ '- 



Eut finre all the fine varieties of thcfe flowers were 



fril obtained from f^eds, no good florift:, that hath 



garden room, fliould negleft to Tow them : in order 



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of good fingle (or v/hat the gardeners call Poppy 

 Anemonies) of the beft: colours, and fuch as have 

 more leaves than common, and have other good pro- 

 perties ; thefe fhould be planted early, that they may 

 have ftrength to produce good feeds, which will be 

 ripe in three weeks or a month's tim.e, after the flow- 

 ers are pail ; when you mufl: carefully gather it, other- 

 wife it will be blown away in a fliort time, it beino- 

 inclofed in a downy fubfl:ance. You mufl: preferve 

 this feed till the beginning of Auguil, when you may 

 either fow it in pots, tubs, or a well prepared bed of 

 light earth : in the doing of it you mull be careful not 

 to let your feeds be in heaps, to avoid which is a thincr 

 little underltood, and is what I have been informed of 

 by the late Mr. Obadiah Lowe, gardener at Batterfea, 

 who for feveral years raifed large quantities of thefe 

 flowers from feeds. His manner was thus ; 

 After having levelled his bed of earth, in which he 

 intended to low his iceds, he '•ubbed the feeds well 

 between his hands, with a little dry fand, in order to 

 make them feparate the better; then he fowed them 

 as regularly as poflible over the bed; but as thefe feeds 

 will flill adhere clofely together by their down, he 

 took a fl:rong hair brufli, with which he gently fwept 

 over the whole bed, obfcrving not to brufli off the 

 feeds ; this brufh will lb feparate the feeds, if care- 

 fully managed, as not to leave any entire lumps ; then 

 gently fift fome light earth, about a quarter of an 

 inch thick over the feeds ; and, if it fliould prove hot 

 dry weather, it will be advifable to' lay fome mats 

 hollow upon the bed in the heat of the day, and now 

 and then give them a little water ; but this mufl: be 

 given gently, lefl: by haftily watering you wafti the 

 feeds out of the ground ; but be fure to uncover the 

 bed at all times when there are gentle fliowers, and 

 every night, that the feeds may have the benefit of 

 the dews ; and as the heat of the weather decreafes, 

 you may begin to uncover your bed in the day time 

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In about ten weeks after fowung, the plants will be- 

 gin to appear, if the feafon has proved favourable, or 

 your care in management hath not beefi wantine;, 

 otherwife they many times remain a whole yeariri th 

 ground. The firfl: winter after their appearing above 

 ground, they are fubjeft to injuries from hard frofls, 

 or too much wet, againfl: both of which you mufl: 

 equally defend them ; for the frofl: is very apt toloofen 

 the earth, fo that the young plants are often turned 

 out of the ground, after which a fmall frofl; will de- 

 ftroy tliem ; and too much wet often rots their tender 

 roots, fo that all your former tf-Olible may be lofl: in 

 a fliort time for want of care in this particular; nor 

 do I know of any thing more deftruftive to thefe tCJi- 

 der plants, than the cold black frofl:s and winds of 

 February and March, from which you mufl: be careful 

 to defend them, by placing a low reed fence on the 

 north and eafl; fides of the bed, which may be inove- 

 able, and only fafl:ened to a few ftakes to fupport it for 

 the prefent, and may be taken quite away as the feafon 

 advances, or removed to the fouth -and wefl: fides of 

 the bed, to fcreen it from the violence of the fun, 

 which often impairs thefe plants when young. 

 As the Iprihg advances, if the weather fliould prove 

 dry, you mufl: gently refrefli them with water, wliich 

 will greatly fl:rengthen yoyr roots; and when the green 

 leaves are decayed, if your roots are not too thick to 

 remain in the fame bed another year, you mufl: clear 

 off all the weeds and decayed leaves from the bed, 

 and fift a little m.ore of the fam.e prepared good earth, 

 about a quarter of an inch thick over the furface, and 

 obferve to keep them clear from weeds during the 

 fummer feafon^ and at Michaelmas repeat the fame 

 earthing; but as thefe roots fo left in the ground, 

 v/ill come up early in the autumn, the beds fliould be 

 carefully covered in frofly weather, otherwife their 

 leaves will be injured, wherel>y^ the roots will be 

 v/cakencd, if not defl:royed. --i^'your roots fucceed 

 v^ellj many of them will flov/cr the fecond year, v/hen 

 you may feleft all fuch as you iike, by marking them 

 with a flack; but you fliould not deftroy any of them 



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