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leaves of the plant will appear ot a tamter colour, ;;nd 

 feem either ftriped with white, or of a brownifii colour, 

 which is a plain proot that the juices of the whole plane 

 are altered, or, at leart, the veflels through which the 

 juice is flrained; fo that hereby panicles of a diirerent 1 

 figure are capable of paiTing through them, which, when 

 entered into the petals of the flower, rcflc6t the rays of 

 light in a different manner, which occafions tiie variety 

 we fee in the colours of flowers. This breaking of the 

 colours in flowers proceeds from weaknefs, or at Icaft 

 is the caufe of weaknefs in plants; tor it is obfervable 

 that after Tulips are broken, into fine flripes, they never 

 jjirow fo tall as before, nor are the flems, leaves,-^ or 

 flowers, fo laige, and it is the fame in all othei- varie- 

 gated plants and flowers whatever, which are alio mjich 

 tenderer than they were before they were flripcd ; io 

 that many forts of exotic plants, which by accident be- 

 came variegated in their leaves, are often rendered fo ten- 

 der, as not to he preferved without much care, tliough 

 indeed the flriping of Tulips doth never occaficn (o great 

 weakrefs in them as to render them very tender. The 

 greatefl: effect it haih on thein, is in leflening their 

 growth, canfing fome (which, while they continued in 

 their original plain colours, did rife near three feet in 

 height} to advance little more than two after their colours 

 Were aiiored; and the more beautifully their flripes ap- 

 pear, the fliorter will be their ftems, and the weaker 

 their flowers. 



" There is nothing more to beobferved in the culture 

 of Aliped flowers than what has been directed for breed- 

 ers, excepting that thefc fliould be arched over with tr.ll 

 Juiops and rails, that they may be Oiadcd from the Inn 

 in the day time, and protected fiom flrong winds, haid 

 rains, and frolly mornings, mhtrwiie the flowers will 

 continue but a fliort lime in beauty; but wh.cre thete 

 inftru6tions arc duly fillov.ed, tliey may be prcftrvcH m 

 flower a full month, which is as long as mofl; other flow- 

 ers continue. 



" There are fome pprfons, who are fo extremely fond 

 of thefe flov/ers, as to be at a great ex pence in cre£iing 

 large frames cf iron work to cover tfeir beds of 'Tulips ^ 

 in fuch a manner, that 'luy may walk between two beds 



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