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plants, obferving to keep the bed clear from weeds, and 

 any foggy fluff that may lie upon its fur lace : this cover- 

 ing will prepare your planis tor fliewing well thefucceed- 

 ing fpring ; and, even if they fhould happen to flower in 

 winter, it will preferve them from the injuries of that 

 feafon. They require to be tranfplanted every two 

 years. 



The Double Prhnrojcs, fuch as the Double Paper-white ^ 

 the Double Red, and the Double Telloiv, are pretty orna- 

 ments to a garden, efpecially where there are quantities 

 of them ; they are eafily increafed by parting their roots 

 in March, and planting them in a fliady and moiil fitu- 

 ation, where they will bell thrive. 





Spring Crocus f or Crocus Vcrnus, 



IS fo called to diftinguifli it from the Autu77inal CroruSj 

 and is a great beauty in the fpring, and of which 

 there are great varieties ; the beft forts are to be had 

 at Haerlem, in Holland, where you can buy one hundred 

 roots, of twelve different forts, for one guilder. 



Having provided yourfelf with a large collection of thefe 

 roots, I would firft plant them as edgings to long borders, 

 in which clumps of annual, or feme perennial flowers are 

 ornamentally planted ; taking a dibble and making a hole 

 two inches deep, put in a root, and into each hole I 

 would advife you to put a little dry foot, to prevent the 

 mice falling upon their roots, of which they are very 

 fond : plant their roots two inches from cacn other, and 

 inftead of one row, plant two, for their better appear- 

 ance, obferving to plant thofe which flower the fooneft, 

 together by themfclves, and fo progreiTivcly with the 

 others. 



The fecond method of planting them is in beds, 

 each coUtur by itfdf, planting the earlieft always l)y 

 themfelves, two inches deep, and, (when they are in 

 beds) three inches afunder, for they will intrcale faft 



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