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 left being i layd on a heap they heat, in the manner of 

 wee Hay, and bum the -germen of the feed, which 

 In the moifture of the bruited fruit by that heat v\ill 

 prematurely fprdut forth to its own perifhingi 



In providing Lettuce feed , mark the plants that 

 you fee ftronge.. for feed , and after they have begun 

 to ihoox ftalks 3 ft rip away the loweft leaves , for two 

 o: three h.mds breadth above the ground, thai by 

 then :he ftalk be not rotted. 



Let .Carnation and Gillyflower-Cods of feed ftand 

 upon the Rodte fo long as you may,for danger of froft, 

 then cur the ftems off with the Cods on them and dry 

 them fo,as nor ro loofe the feeds; '1 he drynefle of the 

 Cods and bl.icknefs of the feed is an Argument of 

 ripenefle : Ferrar in* Lib: 3. Cap. 15. Reports , that 

 the bortome of every Cod brings the beft feed : and 

 the larg eft flowers. 



The feed of Crocus's are only 3 or at leaft,beft taken 

 from the ordinary ftript vernal! Crocus, the great: 

 purple Crocus , the great blew Crocus of Naples, 

 the ftript purple , the leffe purple , flame coloured , 

 the purple with fmall leaves , the yellow ftript , the 

 clo.ith of Gold.Clovergraue and feeds of that nature , 

 are provided by letting the grafle run timely to feed, 

 particularly by moving it about May and thence 

 abftaining till thef eed is through ripe. 



Such feeds as are weighty and Jinke in water are 

 beft; the contrary are ufually languid and unfit for 

 propagation. 



Out-Landifh feeds are' ufed for fuch plants, vvhofe 

 feeds cannot be got here for want of Maturity, or any 

 other re if on. 



The Spanifh-Muske- Melon-feed is accounted beft, 

 though we ufe our own with good fiiccejfe ; few Gar- 

 diners 



