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ther, without difturbing the earth. The feed is to be 

 fown about the 26th of September^ giving the boxes tlie 

 advantage of the moil funny fituation, and to cover tjitir 

 furface with three inches of tan in fevere froft ; folding 

 wooden covers are ufed for thefe boxes, to proteft the 

 feedlings from heavy fhovvers, violent and fharp winds, 

 which in March \s to be removed with the hand, when 

 the boxes are to be moved into a more fhaded fituation 

 for the fpring and fummer, watering them when their 

 I'aves appear, as occafion fhall require; but when tiiey 

 are lr;ded, be moderate in your watering, as their roots 

 are then ui an ina6\ive (late; great care muft be taken 

 to keep the boxes clear of weeds, which fhould they 

 come to any height, would take with them the feeds in 

 removing ; you are to obferve that the leaves of the 

 young Tulips at their firfl coming up appears like grafs. 



Here your feedlirgs may continue for two or three 

 years, obferving to give them frefli mould every Augufiy 

 that which has been already prefciibed^ which will very 

 much flrengthen their roots; at this time, it will be ne- 

 ccfTary to move thcfe plants into a fituation, where they 

 will have the fun until eleven o'clock only. 



When you lift them, let their leaves be down and the 

 earth very dry; which you mull riddle that none of the 

 roots may be loft, they are to be laid in the root-room, 

 until the beginning of OBoher-^ when they are to be re- 

 planted into larger boxes, and the fame fort ot earth in 

 which they were fown, managing them as you did the 

 former year : They are to remain in the boxes tor two 

 years longer, as they are then to be" planted into beds ; 

 and the mod proper foil for them, is that wherein hya- 

 cinths have been planted the preceding fpring. If any 

 of them flower this fifth year, they muft have covers, 

 and be lifted every year when their leaves are down, as 

 you do with your old flandards; and before you condemn 

 a flower for its bad appearance, you muft indulge it with 

 two years trial, for the root will not have ftrength to ex- 

 pand its petals, and difplay its colours fooncr. 



As their roots become large, you muft add to the fand 

 of the compoft ; and when they have all advanced to 

 the ftate of flowering, ufe that compoft which I have 

 prefcribed for the old blowers, v/hofe culture has been 

 already laid down. 



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