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 middle of July, when it was about full moon. I further 

 obferved, that what feed I gathered myfelf, and which 

 I took only from thefingle flowers that had feven, eight, 

 or ten petals or flower leaves; if I preferved thofe feeds 

 in their pods for one year, and fowed them in the fe- 

 cond, I had more double flowers than if I had fown them 

 the firll: year: My reafon for fowing them in Ju/y, was, 

 that, to fow them early, I inufl expofe them to the 

 winter's frofl:, which from nirmy repeated experiments, 

 defl;royed thofe flowers, and difappointcd all my expefta- 

 tions. Therefore, as foon as they had feven or eight 

 leaves, which was about the tenth of September^ I iranf- 

 planted them into boxes and large pots as thick as they 

 could conveniently be planted ; and upon the approach 

 of the winter florms, I moved them into the piiie apple 

 fummer beds, or into hot-bed frames, covering the t>laf- 

 fes in great frofts with mats, to preferve thefe feediings, 

 which I planted in a fandy, light, frefn, undunged foil; 

 I alfo obferved to give them as much air in mild weather 

 as was pofTible : and towards the middle of April, hav- 

 ing firfl: inured them to the open air, I tranfplanted them 

 into nurfery-beds of the fame foil, at eight inches afun- 

 der, plant from plant : Of the double I planted many 

 in pots, and took cuttings ofF them from their branch- 

 es, planting them in a (hady fituation, which in five 

 weeks, I tranfplanted into pots, or into the borders of 

 the flower-garden : Thofe in pots I have kept many years 

 in bloom and vigour, renewing my cuttings every year 

 to preferve them, obferving alwp.ys to take thofe cut- 

 tings from the branches of the plants which bore no 

 flowers, and giving them fome flielter in win.er. The 

 fingle I threw out; but the femi-double, or thofe plants, 

 whofe flowers had fix, feven, eight, or more flower 

 leaves, I fufFered to feed, but never fowed feed of my 

 own gathering more than once, choofing rather to 

 fow the 'ittA which came from abroad, as they, 

 are apt to degenerate : I ufed the flime method 

 with all the wall-flowers, which fucceedcd .to my 

 befl expeftations, by which means 1 had always a 

 fine fucceffion of thofe beauties, which, when in blof- 

 fom, much adorned, and filled my room, court-yard, 



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