The Gardener's New Director. 327 



Dire^ions for raifmg Tulips from Seedy as pra^ifed bv 

 Mr, Miller. 



** r I i HE manner of propai^ating thefe flowers from 

 \ feed is as tollows : You Ihould be careful in the 

 choice of the feed, without which there can be little fuc- 

 cefs expected. The befl feed is that which is faved from 

 breeders which ha\'e all the good properties of good flow- 

 ers for the feeds of ftriped flowers feldom produce any 

 thing that is valuable. 



" The bell; method to obtain good feeds is to make 

 choice of a parcel of fuch breeding Tulip roots as you 

 would fave ieeds from, and place them in a feparate beci 

 from the breeders, in a part of the garden where they 

 may be fully expofed to the fun, obferving to plant them 

 at lead nine inches deep; for if they are planted too 

 fhallow, their ftems are apt to decay before th.eir feed 

 is perfe61ed. 



" Thefe flowers fhould always be expofed to the wea- 

 ther, for if they are fhaded with mats, or any other co- 

 vering, it will prevent their perfecting the {^ed. About 

 the middle of July (a little fooner or later, as the fum- 

 mer is hot or C:old) the feeds will be fit to gather, 

 which may be known by the drinefsof their flalks, and 

 the opening ot the feed vefltl?, at which time it may be 

 cut off^, and prcforved in the jjods till the feafon for fow- 

 ing it, being careful to put it up in a dry place, other- 

 wife it will be fubjeft to mould, which will render it 

 good for little. 



'< Having faved a parcel of good feed, about the be- 

 ginning of Septnnbcr.) is the btfl: feafon for fowing it, 

 where there (hould be provirlcd a parcel of fhallov/ feed 

 pans or boxes, which iliould have holes in their bottoms, 

 to let the moifture pafs off; thefe mufl be filled witli 

 frefli fnndy earth, laving the furface very even, iiy^oii 

 which the feeds fhould be fown as regularly as pofril)le, 

 that they may not lie upon eac,h othci \ then there fhould 

 be ff)me f'f the fame light fandy earth fiftcd over them 

 about half an inch thick. 'I liefe bo ces or pans, iliould 



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