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Bottom fomeot thcRakings of your 

 Heap to drain off the Moifturc ; but 

 in a dry Soil three Inches above 

 the Surface will be iufficicnt ) : This 

 Soil fhould be laid at leaft a Foot 

 thick, fo that you mufl take out the 

 former Soil of the Beds to make 

 Room for it. 



And obferve, in preparing your 

 Beds, to lay them ( if in a wet Soil ) 

 pretty round, to fl^iOot off the Water, 

 but in a dry one let it be nearer to a 

 Level : Your Earth iliould be laid in 

 the Beds at leaft a Fortnight or three 

 Weeks, before you plant the Roots, 

 that it may fetrle ; and when you 

 plant them, ftir the upper Part of 

 the Soil about fix Inches deep with 

 a Spade i then rake it even and 

 Imooth, and with a Stick draw 

 Lines each Way of your Bed at four 

 Inches Diftance, {b that the Whole 

 may be in Squares, that your R^oots 

 may be planted regularly^ then with 

 vour three Fingers make a Hole in 

 the Center of each Square about three 

 inches deep, laying therein a Root 

 with the Eye upper moft j and when 

 you have hniPnu your Bed, with the 

 Head of a Rake draw the Earth 

 fmooth, fo as to cover the Crown of 

 the Roots about two Inches thick. 



The bcft Seafon for planting thefe 

 Roots, if for forward Flowers, is 

 about the Middle or latter End of 

 September \ and for thofe of a middle 

 Seafon any Time in October i but ob- 

 ferve to perform thi^ Work, if pofa- 

 ble, at or near the Time of fome 

 gentle Showers : For if you Hiould 

 plant them, when the Ground is 

 pcrfc£lly dry, and there Ihould no 

 P^ain fall for three Weeks or a Month 

 after, the Roots will be apt to grow 

 mouldy upon the Crown ; and if 

 they once get this Dilferaper, they 

 ieldom come to good after. 



You may alfo referve fbme of 

 your Anemone Roots 'till after Chriji- 



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mas, before you plant them, left by 

 the Severity of the Winter your early 

 planted Roots fnould be deftroy'd, 

 which does fometimes happen in 

 very hard Winters, and in Places, 

 xvhere they are not cover'd, or taken 

 Care of: Thefe Roots will flower a 

 Fortnight or three Weeks after thofe, 

 which were planted in Autumn, and 

 do many times blow equally as fair, 

 cfpecially if it prove a moifl Spring, 

 or that Care be taken to retrefti them 

 with Water. 



But then the Increale of thefe 

 Roots Will not be near fo great as 

 thofe of your firft planting, provided 

 they were not hurt in Winter, and 

 it is for this Rcafon all thofe, that 

 make Sale of thefe Roots, are for- 

 ward in planting \ for altho' it may 

 happen, by lh.';rp pinching Frofts in 

 the Spring, that their Flowers are 

 not lo double and fair as thofe planted 

 a little later, yet if they can prefer ve 

 the green Leaves of the Plants from 

 being deftroy'd, the Roots will 

 greatly increafe in Bulk j but in fuch 

 Gardens, where thef^ Flowers are 

 prcferv'd with Care, there is always 

 Provifion made to cover them from 

 the Injuries of the Weather, by arch- 

 ing the Beds over with Hoops, or 

 fome fuch Thing, and covering 

 them with Garden-Mats or Cloths 

 in frofty Nights and bad Weather, 

 efpeciaily in the Spring of the Year, 

 when their Buds begin to appear j 

 for otherwife, if you plant the beft, 

 and moft double Flowers, the black 

 Frofts and cutting Winds in March 

 will caufe them to blow iingle, by 

 deftroying the Thrum, that is in the 

 Middle of the Flower, and this 

 many times hath occalion'd People 

 to think they were cheated in the 

 Purchafe of their Roots, when it 

 was wholly owing to their Neglect 

 iu covering thciii. 



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