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til you perceive they have taken root : plant the feed- 

 lings four inches diftant every way, putting the earth 

 clofe to them as you plant them ; keep them clear from 

 weeds, and in November cover thern to the depth of 

 two inches from the alleys of the beds which will 

 both flrengthen them and prevent the frofl or worms 

 from throwing their young roots out of the ground : The 

 fucceeding fpring, fome of thefe feedlings will fhow 

 flowers, which^ if fine in colour, fliould be marked for 

 the garden. Obferve to keep them clear from 

 weeds, and to cover them in Novemberi as before 

 direfted, This is all the culture they require until 

 March, when you fhould break the mould on the fur- 

 lace o\ the beds, and make it fine with your hands, 

 in order to give them a fair appearance. The plants 

 in this fourth year will be in full bloom ; and it is 

 then tliat their double flowers will appear, if there are 

 any amongO: them. 



The Hepatica muft not be tranfplanted oftener than 

 once in three or four years, and, if allowed to continue 

 fix, will make mofl: charming clumps ; whereas, if they 

 are oftener tranfplanted, the roots will grow weak, and 

 are apt to rot. But if by their vigour they fhould be- 

 come too large, they may be parted from the mother 

 roots in March, fhading the new-pknted ofi^-fets, and 

 refrefhiing them often with water, until they have ffruck 

 frcfli roots : by this nieans they will make a fine fhow 

 in the fpring, and often in the end of autumn, for many 

 years. 



The firfl: fort feeds very freely, and no doubt from its 

 ^t&d was raifed the Double White Hepatica^mtrnxontQ by 

 Mr. Ray in his Florae as a very fine flow^cr, of which 

 wc have not.any at prefent, and cannot expe£i; to reco- 

 ver them, otherv/ife than by continuing to low tlie feed, 

 by which not only this flower may be reflored, but a 

 great variety may be acquired. 



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