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 fuch as you fet out for good, fhouM have a very 

 rich, dry and fandy foil, in which they will fucceed 

 much better than in clay. If any of your plints upon 

 the wall-border fail about the beginning ot March, you 

 can fupply them from the bells or frames : thofc under 

 bells, as 'well as frames, are to have air in mild wea- 

 ther, covering them only at nights, or in very cold days; 

 when their leaves become large, and they are haften- 

 ing to flower, you mull draw up the earth to the 

 Ihanks of thofe under bells, and prop up the bells, 

 that they may receive air, and in mild weatler, the 

 bells may he taken off entirely. I am not fond ot wa~ 

 terlng thefe plants, efpecially in funfhme; [or water 

 given at this time moft certainly fcalds their leaves, 

 which ends in the entire ruin of their flowers, mak- 

 ing them fmall, yellow, and frothy, as the gardeners 

 term it. When you perceive them begin to flower, 

 which, by good management, may be abcut the end 

 of May, break their inmofl leaves, to fhade the flowers 

 from the fun, whereby they will keep white and firm 

 for fome days, until they arrive at their full ftze, 

 which vou may know by their flowers feeming to break 

 and open; then pull them up early in a morning, root 

 and all ; if for immediate ufe, cut ofl-" their leaves; bat 

 if YOU intend to keep th(.^m for fome days, let their 

 leaves remain, and keep them cool. As for the plants 

 under the wall, they fliould be landed, that is, the 

 earth fhould be drawn up to 'heir under-leaves, a- 

 bout the erd of February; but if you have Radifhes 

 and young Lettuces between them, take off your Ra- 

 difhes, before you earth up your Collyflowers ; but do 

 not water them, except in extreme hot weather, which 

 does not often happen in this country. Take care al- 

 fo to pic^; off fnails, which now come out in num- 

 bers to feed upon their leaves, after their long 

 confinement during the v/inter. By the middle of 

 June the plants will fhew their flowers, at wliich time, 

 ufe them as has been direfled for the early h-rt under 

 bells, but obferve always to water them fparingly, ex- 

 cept in very dry weather: fuch as were prcferved under 

 frames, fiiould be planted out the beginning of Manbf 

 where they are to flower, obferving to give them the 



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