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them "fently ; after they have come 10 fome growth, 

 tranlplant each fingle into pots, where they mav conti- 

 nue until March, when you mufl: p^ve them larger pots, 

 filled with the lame earth in which they were fown, 

 keeping tlitm in the greon-houie until A^c.y or "Jine. 

 When tJKV be; in xo blo(rom,y(.u may fet fomc- in cham- 

 bers with the Tutcrofe, and the Rrfeda or B a f} ay d Rock- 

 et, where they will make a handfcme appearance; 

 the blue flowered will ripen its fe.d, if the long ftem^ 

 arc tied up, which may be Town as foon as ripe, to be 

 fet in the green- houfe, or ;:.to an airy giafscafe, to fcreen 

 them from'troil, they appear eiirJy the next fpring. You 

 may alfo cjci-cafe them by dividing their roots; which 

 work fliould be performed in March, but at no other fea- 

 Jon. When the plants are growing, and when they are 

 in flower, they muft have plenty of air and water; but 

 little of the latter in winter. The Ruyfchiana jhre ca- 

 ruleo tlirives well with the fame culture; it is a fine 

 f?ower, and fhc'uld not be wanted in curious gardens. 



Dirc^ions for raifivg the Polyanlhos Narcijfus. 



THE next beautv which appears in the fpring, is 

 the Polyanihos NarciJTus, of which there are many 

 forts in Mynheers Dirk Voerhelms catalogue, as alfo 

 in Mynheer Voerhehn and Van Zoriipefs. I fhall con- 

 fine myfelf to the culture of their roots and ofF-fcts on- 

 ly, as fecdlings are feldom raifed here. 



Having made choice of a fituation, where they may 

 be free Jroni great winds, tlie tanh which has been em- 

 ployed one year in the Hyacinth bed, with a third 

 more of very old and well rotted tafi, will ferve them ; 

 firft removing three feet and one half of the garden 

 ground, when the compofl is to be laid in, previoufly 

 laying down fome old rotted tan, to rife within fix inches 

 of the bottoms of the bulbs, and within two iitches of 

 the furface of the earth ; the roots are to be planted at 

 four inches diftance, root trom rout, and four dect^ in 

 the compofl; and when the frofls fet ir foi good, lay 

 ever them four inches of rotten tan, which, in Murcb 



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