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Carnations and Gilly-flowers, happen to be often 

 deformed, efpecially thofe which are of the largeft 

 forts, byburfting the Calyx, Cellar, or Cafe wherein 

 they are fet, and the ufual remedy is, to inlarge the 

 five incifions proportionably, by cutting them deeper 

 with a Knife ; or to fteep ordinary Beans in Water, 

 end then flipping' off the outward coat of the Bean, to 

 -put it (the end being taken off) upon the head of the 

 Carnation, which will keep the five lips together,and 

 preferve the Flowers from breaking ; nor will thefe 

 Hoops, made of the coats of Beans, ihrink with the 

 heat of the Sun, as thofe made of the rind of Wil- 

 low, flipped off for the fame purpofe, ufuallydoe: 

 One Bean is long enough to make two hoops, for they 

 need not be above a quarter of an inch in breadth. 



Num. 7. Of improvement and melioration of divers 

 Sallad Herbs, by blanching or whiting, from the 

 French Gardiner , and LMr* Vs Obfervati- 

 ons» 



The Lettuce-Royal, being, upon removal, fet at 

 a foot or more diftance, when you perceive that the 

 Plants have covered all the ground, then in fome fair 

 day, and when the morning due is vanifht, you fhall 

 tie them in two or three feveral places one above an- 

 other, which you may do with any long flraw, or raw 

 hemp, and this at feveral times, (viz,.) Not promif- 

 cuoully, as they (land, but choofing the fatrelt Plants 

 firft, to give room and air to the more feeble, and by 

 this means they will laft you the longer •* The firft 

 being blanched, and ready before the other are fit to 

 binde, 



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