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be lifted, in order to repknt them in the compoft jull di- 

 recled, when thev will give abundance of off-lels. 



Should you be defirous to have your ofF-fcts large, you 

 may fuffer them to remain in the ground ; but, in A^o- 

 •vcfnher, give them a covering of two inches of rich and 

 llrong kitchen-garden mould ; and in December, cover 

 them with four inches of old-rotted tan. 



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Having given the nvbcle of Sir James Juflice'j Direc- 

 tions for the Culture of the Hyacinthy ive /hall intro- 

 duce that pra^ifed by fsir. George Voorhelm, ?/ Haer- 

 lem, -joho ivas a grcdt Admirer of this Floiver, and an 

 excellent Pra^ttioner ; extracted frmn his Treatife. — 

 He recommends the fallovjing Compofl. 



TO two flxths of Jgrey fand, or black fallow, 

 add three fixths c6)cow-dung, and one fixth 

 ot tan, or the leaves: of. gr.2es ; thefe are to be taken 

 frefh, and when mixed, targ to be thinly laid out for 

 fix months to melioratep ant! to be kept clear of vi^eeds, 

 and then to be turned cvejy fix weeks for fix months 

 more, when it may be ki^. into the frames, to the 

 depth of two feet, to rer.J^Ae the roots, which I 

 would not advife to be plaiiii^i. deeper than tour or five 

 inches. The aipecl we giv>>the beds here, are an Eafl 

 or a Southerly ; the firfl: we.j^refer, as the flowers thtn 

 have not too much fun; and the beds are feciirtd from 

 the other points by walls or hedges fituatcd at a good 

 diftance. I have obferved, in general, that the roots 

 weighing about one ounce, or one .and a half, give the 

 moft perfect flowers ; and to the moll: forv/ard flow crs 

 we give a greater depth in planting than to the later, in 

 order to have them in blow at the fame time. 



The length of the frames he recommends, are lo be 

 about 30 feet long and four broad, and all others in this 

 proportion ; this to be divided into five rows, each of 

 which are to have forty roots planted in them; and, for 

 a greater regularity, the frame is to ht laid out in cheques, 

 in the centre of which a root is to be laid ; nml as to co- 

 lours, in this order, a blue next a wiiifeor red, obfcrv- 



