119B Salmon^ llerhal. Lib. I 



ibefhave takenTaft hdd inThTEanh, you hinder 

 fon, (bearing now its firit Flower,) it is yet very 



CCCXCV.™WhKe^RooK°' are ready to be 



GroTnd^s ha?d Vftift; do 1? withY'long hollow 

 Trowel fit for the purpofe ; but in light or foft 

 Grounds, it may be done with the Hands only. 

 CCCXCyi. Being taken up, lay them on Pa- 



ake awayThVdeaT Fibres, Tnd'Ioolf outward 

 eafily part from the old ; which done, it will be 



write the Name of the flower, which may be kept 



proper time is come for Planting them. 



CCCXCVII. When you have fecured your 

 Roots in Boxes, it will be neceffary often to look 

 over them, left any (hould be mouldy, or grow 

 moift, as it often happens. Then the Mouldinefs 



woollen Cloth, and the Root gently dryed before 

 the Fire, and lb put up again into frelh Papers. 



CCCXCVIU. Your Roots being thus carefully 

 difpofed. It will be time to preparea place to Plant 

 them in ; which for the beft bearing Roots, will be 

 in a Bed, or Beds (according to your Store) which 



will permit; which let be Border'd with Rails or 

 Bords, and fill'd two Feet deep, with the lightelt, 

 frelheft, and fineft Sifted Earth you can get. 

 CCCXCIX. Thefe Beds may contain y or 6 



which with a Line drawn, ma^y teexaftly divided'. 



)rlefs,inaBook, with their 



they are, both before, and after the time of th( 

 " CCCC. In placing thefe Roots, fome fet t 



Bed with a thin Canvas Tilt, (fupported with a 



^o prevent the^Norfh,' TNorth-Eaft WbSj 

 droits, from nipping and hurting the Buds, by 

 which the Beauty ot the Flower may be fpoiled ; 



5 in fair Days, that they may 

 reflied with the Sun Beams, 



hem" mt have'abwe an Hours"sun in tirMor'n- 

 ig, and as much in the Evening, if the Seafoa be 



''cCCaf 'The"more ordinary forts may be fet 

 1 Borders, or in fpaces in Knots without taking 

 ny account of their Numbers, Names and Places, 

 nlels you lo pleafe : And if the Ground is good in 

 'h'ch they ate fet, they may ftand two Years 

 ''''^.^°;!l^^'^'"S up, but not longer, in refpeft to 

 leirOfF-fets, which adhere to them ; which if not 



feak, and withal exhauft very much the Nourifh- 

 lent of the Plant. And before they are fet again 

 1 the fame place, the Earth rauft be charged for 



' CCCCIII.^ "IfteTthe^Flowers a- 

 ffthe Heads or Seed ' 



jrSeedVeflelso 



Stalks dry d , 



°CCCCIV.''^ Some of the beft TuUps will fome- 

 t'fmes be infefted with Difeafes, notwithftanding 

 our greateft Care and Diligence in their Preferva- 

 tion 5 which happens to fome Roots while out of 

 the Ground, and to others after they are Planted : 



little warmth from the Fire: then about the begin- 



Earthen Pot, the bottom turn'd upwards, to keep 

 it from Wet, till the Fibres are come forth, which 

 will be by the end of September^ or beginning of 

 OHober, or not at all. Thefe decaying Roots thus 

 managed, (tho' fome of the outward Folds rot and 



CCCCV. If the defea happens after they are 

 Planted, and have put forth green Leaves; if any 

 of them begin to fade and wither, you muftopen 

 the Earth to the bottom of the Root, to find out 

 the caufe, and if the Root is moift and foft, it is 

 paftCureor help : But if it be any thing hard, it 

 may be recovered, by putting to it Wood Soot mixt 



