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( for theyM perifh being let out in a garden, unlefle | l £ 

 itheimdera houfefideor iuch dry place) becaufe ' 

 many times the year nor falling our kindely , the 

 plants give no ripe feed 3 and fo Gardiners would be 

 to leek for Cted to fovv , and F oots tafet , if this or 

 the like arc to keep them were no: ufed : lis thus, 

 Within a while ffihi the Froits have taken the plants 

 that the leaves wither and fall, dig up the ftoots 

 whole,- and lay them in a dry place for three or foure 

 dayes , that the fuperfiuous moyfuire on the outiidc 

 may be withered and dryed ;" which done, wrap 

 them up fevcraliy in two or three browne papers, 

 and lay them by in a box, cheft, or tub, in fomc 

 convenient place of the houfeallthe winter time 3 

 where no wind or moil* air may come unto them, and 

 thus (hall you h.ive thefe Roots to fpring afrelh the 

 nextyeare, if you plant them in the beginning of 

 iMarchyZs Mr. P. has by his o.vn relation fuftiaent- 

 ly tryed , but fome have tryed to put %hcm up in a 

 barrell or firkin of find and aihes, 'which alfois good 

 if the fand and aihes be throughly drye > but if it be 

 any thing moift, or if they give again in the Winter, 

 as it is uiuall , they have found the moifture of the 

 Boots , or of the fand , or both , to putrifie the 

 Roots. 



The fame Author takes notice that tis one great 

 hurt to Gilly-fiowers in the Winter, and to all other, 

 herbs, tofbffef the Snov to lye upon them anv time 

 after it is fallen ; forirdorh fo chill them, that the- 

 Sun doth (though in Winter) fcorch them up, 

 (hake therefore off your fnow gently , nor fuffering 

 it to lye on a day if you can; There is the like in- 

 convenience from Fro'fts which corrupts the Roots, 

 and caufe them to rot and breaks, for prevention , 



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