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 covered with two or three inches of tan, as foon as I 

 perceived the froft to fet in; lu A4a7'ch I removed it, 

 and as foon as I perceived their leaves coming above 

 groiindj I riddled an inch of the flrongefi: garden mould 

 on them, without any mixture of fand : The ufe of which 

 was to llrengthen the young roots, and alfo to preferve the 

 earth from being wafhed off their bulbs in watering. I 

 alfo covered them with mats when in bloom, fupported 

 by hoops, taking care to pull up all bad flowers, when 

 they flievved themfeWes. By this management, I had 

 moil extraoidinary fuccefs, obferving to procure fome 

 frelh roots of the beft femidoubles every year from a- 

 broad, and at home, for it is necefTary to change the 

 feed to obtain good flowers. 



The following lift is a colleQ:ion of the be{l Perfian 

 kinds, difiinguiflied by their colours ; and thofe marked 

 vith an Aflerijk * are particularly beautiful. 



Ranuficuliifes, Purple and Rofe-coloiired. 



* Ambuftus Milo 



Jeuweel van Europa My Lord Walgraaf 



Adminiflrateur Nonius 



Archeveque du Canterbury Purpre fans parellle 



Bafhaw van Cairo 



* Belle Africa 



* Ballotin 

 Ecfphorus 

 Cardinal's Hood 

 T)romedaris 

 Eleflryon 

 Etiopiaan 



Grand Conqnerant 

 Gekroonde Mcor 

 Grand Maitre Royale 



* Grande Monarque 



* Grifdeline Roots 



* Jeuweel Grifdeline 

 Incomparable nova 

 Katarincte 



Keyfer Amu rath 

 Koning David 

 L'Ambe An jour 

 Metellus 



Purpre Manteel 



* Phoenix florum 



* Purpre incomparable 

 Premiere noble 

 Provincie Rofe 



* Rcfe Charmante 

 Rofe d'Amour 

 Roy de Fleurs 



* Saphire 



. Stadhouder General 

 Gloria Ranunculorum 



* Vefuvius 

 Violete Grifdeline 

 Viperino 



* Violete Incomparable 



* Violete illudre 

 A'"iolcte fans pareille 

 Cour de Tofcane, Violete 



fuperbe prefqiie blenf. 



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