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ther the fituation be wet or dry, according to which 

 yoil fhould adapt the frefli earth, and order the 

 beds ; for if the foil be very flrong and the fituation 

 moift, you fhould then make choice of a light earth, 

 and raife the beds fix or eight inclics, or a foot, above 

 the level of the ground, otherwife the roots will be 

 in danger of perilhing by too in ucli wet ; but if the 

 fituation be dry and the fuil naturally light, you fhould 

 then allow the ,. earth to be a little ftronger, and the 

 beds fhould not be raifed above three or four inches 

 high i for if they are made too high, the roots will 

 fuffer very much, if .the fpring fhould prove dry, 

 nor "Vjreyld^the flowers be near fo fair,, As alfo in 

 very fevere_ winters, thofe beds which are raifed much 

 above the level of the ground, will be more e::pofed 

 to the cold than thofe v/hicl] are lower, unlefs the 

 alleys, arc filled up with rqcten tan or htter. . 



" IJviring the fumrner, the only culture thefe flowers 

 require is, to keep them free from weeds \ and when 

 their leaves ^^ are entirely,, decaycrd. .'they ihould be 



' raked off; - and the ..Ws^ mack clean. :,^ ^but by /no 

 ns^afts^WWff their Jeaves till they are ^uite decayed, 

 as i?,. by fome praftued, fo^ that greatly^j^-eakens 



^ the roots. ■ .H-r7c;.^ ihrfi to t^oigBf: 



-,XowardSitlj?^,mM?,.QCP#^^^^^^ 



.i!g.%Yf9 HP9Rth§beds, you fhouid m adry day gently 

 ..hoe thc.iurface of the ground to deftroy them, ob- 

 .^lervipg torake it over finpoth agam 5 anq,pefore the 

 :7rofls com^j^ny^'tki^D^^^ ov^ two 



,:mh?? tfefc jYLtJL- ro«§ni v$aa>u,to keen ouyhe f^oft j 



#cr which they will jnequire no farther care till the 



..ipring, when their leavq^ 



.Kyure,«hc„]?aves (|,.$bg ^hnts andTake it fi 

 ^4vith your hands, clearing; 6ff.ii]>veeds;.,^c, ,\ 



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fame place ?s conflantly occupied hy ihe like fio''.tT,s. 

 But thofe people take up racir root/evory year, for as 

 they cultivate them fu«. fale, the rqi^ndcr tijeir roots 

 are, the more valuable they v/ill be : the v/^y to liavc 



.them Iq is, to take their ofTiiC-ts from' them annually i 

 for when their roots /re left two or three vears unre- 

 moved, the offsets vvil! have grown large/ and. thcfe 

 prcfTing ag^infl each other, will caufe tacir lides to be 

 flatted J fo that where the roots are propagated for fale, 

 , .^they fhould 'l^e annually taken up as looa as their 



. leaves decay ; and the large bulbs may be kept cut cf 

 the ground till the middle or end of Odober, but the 



■ offsi^ts fhould^be planted the beginning of September 



.or fooner, that they may gee ftrength, lo as. to become 



. blowing roots the following year : but where they 



, ,are defigncd for'ornamenf, they ihould not be rerhoved 

 i ' pftejier than f, very. third year, for then the roots will 



/be m large buaches, and a number of flalks with 



._., flowers coming from each bunch, tliey 'will' rnake a 

 much better appearance than' ilvhere a fingleftalkrifes 

 ironi,each root, which will be the c^fe when'lhe'rcots 



* ;^.are anptially removed. _ ;.;;_ ' /r* ',/f;''"V. 



i The'commoh'forts of DafFodii are cerierailvplanted 



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,. greeable variety in' their leafons of flovVer- 



.,ing,, . J nele roots are very hardy, and will thrive in 

 .ajlrnolt any lOil or htuation, v/hich renders them very 



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d pfoauce annually m tl 

 Bowers, which will make 



feparate from other roots,- becaufe thefe require to be 

 „ tranfplanted at leaK every y^afyotherwile their roots 



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.; faft as tQ ^ppe^r wnfightly, ^^nd will exljauft thfi^nou- 

 ^ jilhnipnt „ irpm the car jh. -^ With this xnan age men t 

 ,v thefe roots will flower very ftrong, looif ^ whid;^,will 

 5^ppear in Mardi. and th^ p|hej; iil/pAb #ich, if 



luffcred to remain, will continue in beauty a full 



month, and are, at that ieafon, very ereat ornaments ; , ferve their flowers in pcrfedtion., • ;. 



.^,^ alfq the caf^, if they a?l yb'^AQid 

 ...many years in ^ the lame foil 1 wherefore the roots 

 ^ .^.Ihould be otten removed trom one part of the garden 

 \ /tqanoth/^r. or, 'a):.lp the earth, fliouid be cften're- 



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 .j^terthe flowers ^ri^palt," and th^ 

 ,-you Wd ftir th? foj^^cej^f the' ground, m prevent 



o|f«.jye)S^?..fF/?m grqwqgi.m, iLlhmf^"'^ time 

 , .you lay a lltde very 



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Ihould not be dunged v for it Is very 



n contmue good very lonygj t)ift ate MtGt to 

 ^^pwnw^rcls^^^.a^d forni^|dH^ md^,¥8^^^ 



ySW)uj O'J aoonijini viV/ ai y[:n3;;j3pft rf:>;rfw >rn%r{-j 

 iDuring the fummer^fc§fw theyAv^^^^ no farther 



<are, but to keep them dear%om^,wHds till Qdober, 

 ?l4ien the.furface of A¥'fee^Cj|^\j!4ife fti^/^^, 



.earth oysr the feeds. a%)Ut art. m^^^ will 



make good the lofs fuftaincd by iveediiig. «c ,,anxl 



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 raft, r ma treatife of the vulgarly received noTOb^of N 



fUer of offsets which by that tirne^ 



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iUyf*n thclarge bulbs, and caufe tjjegi^^ 

 * very -weak flower$i therefore at the time of tranf- 

 jipiantingthem, all the Imall offsets mould be taken 

 , off, anaplanted in a nurfery-bed by themfeJLves, "K^^ 

 .5ith^ large bulbs maybe planted agaia.l^r^q^eringJlf 

 "' you pUnt ihem m the lan^e bed wEere dj?^ gpwj^^ 

 ;: tore, you muft take out all the earth two feet deep, 

 and fill it up again with frefh, in the manner Before 

 •djrefted, which wiU be equal to removing ifiem.mto 



' ' _thM.k,the cQiiftantpr^aice o^ t;he 

 Ho^My .yhp.>'aye ^jbut^^t^l^room ^to 

 ; .ICftange their roots ; therefore they every year remove 

 .the earth of their beds* and'put inc&elh, fa'tliat the 



i,(^ j>^ature is uiea lortne lyitem or tnc woria^'''^ 

 "rriachine of the univerfe* or the aJKemblage ofalfcfc 



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^n this fen fe we fay, the S^lior of Na^iircC 

 God ; and fpeaking of the fun^^'Jcall him the 

 Natifre, becaufe he wattrri'tKe^eartl^^^^ ^d makes it 

 fruitful {knd the eye of Nature, becaufe he illumi- 

 nates the univerfc ; and or a phoenix, a unicorn. 



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