298 The Gardener's New Director. 

 out of the ground every year, and that the foil jud di- 

 rected is annually given to them when they are replanted, 

 and the other directions followed. I affirm, from re- 

 peated experiments, that I have had the fame roots 

 blofToming fair vi'ith me for fix years together, and would 

 have continued to have bloflbmed fome years longer, if 

 the roots had not expended their llrength by off-fcttinp*. 



1 (hall now proceed to give a catalogue of early dou- 

 bles) fecond blowing doubles, and the lateft flowering 

 double Hyacinths in Mynheers Voerhelms and Van ZompeWs 

 catalogues, florifls at Haerlem, and in the fame manner 

 I fhall clafs their fingle Hyacinths ; and of all thefe forts 

 I fhall take their beft good iiandard flowers, without re- 

 garding what are new, or what are high-priced. Wiiat 

 induces me to do this, is, that when a florifl: or a gentle- 

 man defigns to plant beds of fingle or of double Hya- 

 cinths, he may plant his,j|jBowers uniformly, according to 

 their feafon of flowering, early blowers by themfelves, 

 fecond blowers together, and late blowers in the fame 

 order, that his bed may not appear with flowers blowing 

 promifcuoufly, an early with a late, and lo on, in a con- 

 iufed manner, which is only to be avoided by clafTing 

 thefe flowers according to their different times of blow- 

 ing. I do not think it worth a flcrift's time, pains, and 

 expcnce, in this country, to fow feeds of all forts of flowers ; 

 if he fows ti'iC feed of the Hyacintht Auricula, and Raniin- 

 cum, for a trial, together with the Folyanthos Primrofe, 

 Chrijimas Rofp, PVinter Aconite, and Hepatica^ with fome 

 others, to obtain double flowers, where they have not as 

 yet appeared, he does well. He may alfo do more, if it 

 fuits his conveniency and talie ; for I mean not to con- 

 fine him.* 



* The Flnriils in Holland have a method of placing 

 the flower leaves of their Hyacinths, and other flowers, 

 upon paper, which keep thnir colour for many years, 

 and which no Ftorifts fliould be without. The rr.ofl 

 curious in the catalogue I have marked with an afleiifm. 



Hyacinihi 



