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October, when they should be removed into the full sun to remain 

 during the winter season: but in March, when the young plants be- 

 gin to appear, they must be removed again to a shady situation, 

 and in dry weather be frequently watered; when about the beginning 

 of August they will be fit to be transplanted: at which lime prepare 

 a border of good fresh loamy earth, with an eastern aspect; inta 

 which remove the plants, placing them about six inches distance 

 each way, closing the earth pretty well to their roots, to prevent the 

 worms from drawing them out of the ground. In the spring follow- 

 ing they begin to show their flowers; but it is three years before 

 they flower strong, till which time their goodness cannot be ascer- 

 tained: when if any double flowers, or such as are of a different 

 colour from the common sorts, be found, they should be taken up 

 and planted in the borders, where they should continue at least two- 

 years before ihey are taken up or parted ; as it is remarkable in these 

 plants, that where they are often removed and parted they are very 

 apt to die; but when they are permitted to remain some years un- 

 disturbed, they grow rapidly, and become large roots. In propagat- 

 ing them by roots they should not therefore be often parted, or into 

 too small parts. 



Double-flowered plants, as they never produce seeds, are only 

 capable of being propagated by parting their roots, which should be 

 done in March, when they are in. flower, care being taken not to 

 separate them into very small heads. They should not be parted 

 oflener than every third or fourth year, as they never thrive or blow 

 well where this is the case. 



These are plants that display much beauty, affording flowers very 

 early in the beginning of the year. The double sorts are the most 

 ornamental, as the flowers in them arc much larger, and continue in 

 blow much longer. These should therefore be placed in the most 

 conspicuous situations in the borders or clumps of pleasure-grounds; 

 but the single kinds deserve places for the sake of variety. 



