£30 OF FLOWERS. SECT. XVI IT. 



Bulbs, propagated from offsets, produce a flower ex- 

 actly like the parent ; and varieties are only to be oLh 

 tained from Jecd, which never produces flowers quite 

 like the original the feed came from. 



Let feed be faved only from choice flowers, be 

 thorough iipe, and being hardened a little in the fun, 

 may be fowed foon after, in pots, or boxes, of good 

 light earth. See p<:ge 284. Perfons of leifure and cu- 

 riofky, would do well to amufe themfelves in this way, 

 that we may not be fo much indebted to foreigners, for 

 a fupplv of new flowers. 



An obfervation may be here made, that the fame 

 bulb (as is often thought) does not always continue ; 

 for fome are rcneived' every year, as the tulip ; and 

 ethers the fecond, third, &c. ; fo that when taken up 

 to remove offsets, the principal bulb of the tulip, &c. 

 which is commonly eiteemed the old one, is, in fafib, 

 a new formed one, though (perhaps) not lefs in fize, 

 and it may be bigger. 



As many Shrubs (i. e. woody plants) are propa- 

 gated in a view principally to their f ewers, they will 

 properly enough be confidered a little here, as to their 

 propagation. See feftion 9. 



The deciduous Jhrubs that are moil ufually cultivated 

 for their ornamental nature, will be found in the Hits 

 of the next feelion; and their modes of propagation are 

 denoted thus : — h. budding — c. cuttings — g. graff — 

 /. layers — r. roots— -f. feeds — ~fl. Hips — -fu. fuckers — by 

 r. reots, includes offsets. 



Of the various methods of propagating trees and 

 (lirubs, that by feed is the bed, where it can be adopted 

 (as. has been obferved) and the feafon is autumn or 

 Jpring. If in autumn, it may be earlier, or later, as 

 the feeds ripen ; for foon after they are ripe is the moft 

 proper time to commit them to the earth, covering the 



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