3o6 The Gardener's New Director. 



ing to plant the talleft blowers in the upper part, and the 

 loweit in the front, reierving the middle for the moil; 

 beautiful ; but, previous to laying out the frames in this 

 manner, he directs fix inches of the compofl: to be taken 

 off, and the remainder laid fmooth to receive the roots, 

 which fliould be on a fine day> about the eighth or tenth 

 of OSlober^ when the forward blowers a^e to be planted 

 two inches deep, the other laid on the furface, raiJing 

 the compofl: about them to the height of two inches; 

 when this is performed through the. whole frames, the 

 frx inches of compofl: firft taken ofl^, is to be laid gently on, 

 and fmoothed over, when, for four months, not more is 

 to be done, than to protect them from fevere frofi:, (wlien 

 they are one inch above ground) by a laveroftan, three 

 or four inches deep, to be removed by the firfi: of Marcby 

 when wooden covers, which are eafily uied with his 

 frame, as it is made like thofe of our hot-beds, rifing 

 no higher in the front than the growth of the flower re- 

 quires, gradually afcending to the back, and are ufed to 

 prote£t them in the fpring nights : Their flowers are alfo 

 to be protected, by covering lof canvafs raifed on hoops. 

 The lifting of thei'e roots heiU'Oiild not have done until 

 the leaves have lofl; their green colour, and turned brovi'n, 

 and even become dry ; an4iixt'h.e'n that is done, it fhould 

 be executed with abundar J9 'of care, to avoid doing the 

 leafl injury to the root anil-;ft.iire^, when they are to be laid 

 in the root-room to bedti'e^Jy by the air only, and to be 

 r.o way bandied until the plaTiting feafon, when all fuper- 

 abundant fi:ufF is to be taken off, with the oflF-fet?, which 

 will come away freely : It is at this time you ought to ex- 

 amine your roots, in regard to health and foundnefs, to 

 prevent difiopointments. As to other particulars, they 

 are fo fully given by Sir Javiesy as to render them unne- 

 ceflary here. 



N. B, The compofl he ufed for his Hyacinths^ after 

 their blow, he gave for the ufe of the beds, where he 

 raifed his Tidipii Ranunculus , Anejnonies and Aut-kulas. 



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