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. In the Beginning o^ April your 

 iTirft planted Roots will begin to 

 llower, which will continue for 

 three Weeks, or more, according 

 to the Heat of the Weather, or Ma- 

 nagement in covering them during 

 the Heat of the Day with Mats or 

 C oths 5 then the lecond planted 

 Sorts will come in to fliccecd them, 

 and theie will be followed by thole 

 planted in the Spring, fo that you 

 may have thefe Beiuties continued 

 for near two Months together, or 

 fomt^times longer, if the Sealbn 

 prove i'avouvable. 



Toward the Middle or latter End 

 OiMay, the Leaves of the firO: blown 

 Roots will decay i at which Time 

 you muic take them out of the 

 Ground, clearing them from the 

 decay'd Stalks, and wafliing them, 

 to take the Earth clean from the 

 Roots i then fpread them on a Mat, 

 in a dry fhady Plac::, 'till they are 

 perfedfly dry'd ^ when you may put 

 them up in Bags, and hang them out 

 of the Reach of Mice, or other Ver- 

 min, which will deflroy many of 

 the Roots, if they can come at them. 



Obferve alio to take up the latter 

 planted Roots, fo foon as their 

 Leaves decay ; for if they are fuffer'd 

 to remain long after in the Ground, 

 and there fliould fall fome Showers 

 of Rain, they would foon put forth 

 frefh Fibres, and make new Shoots, 

 when it would be too late to remove 

 them: At the Time when yOu take 

 up the Roots, is the properSealbn for 

 breaking or parting them, which 

 may be done by kparating thofe 

 that you would chufe to make all 

 polfible Increafe from, into as many 

 Parts as you can conveniently, pro- 

 vided each one of them have a good 

 Eye or Bud j but thole you intend to 

 blow llrong, ll.ould by no means be 

 parted too fmall, which greatly 

 weakens their iiowcring. 



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The principal Colours 'w.Anemonies 

 are White, Red, Blue, and Purpic, 

 and thefe in Ibme of them are curi- 

 ouily intermix'd} but the moil pre- 

 vailing Colours amongfl om- Er^ii'h 

 rais'd Anemomes, are White and Red; 

 but of late we have receiv'd from 

 France great Varieties of Blues and 

 Purples, which are exceeding fine 

 Flowers : VVe ihould therefore ob- 

 Icrve in planting the P«-oots, to dif- 

 tribute the different Colours, fo as 

 to make an agreeable Mixture of 

 each in ev^ery Bed, which wiil greatly 

 add to their Beauty. 



But iince all the fine Varieties of 

 thefe Flowers were ftrit obtain'd 

 from Seeds, no good Fiorill, that 

 hath Garden-Room, Ihould neglc6t 

 to low their Sccls \ in order to 

 which, we fhould provide ourielves 

 with a Quantity of good fmgle ( or 

 Poppy ) Ancmonics, as they are 

 cail'd, of the befl Colours, and fuch 

 as have ilrong Stems, large Flowers, 

 and other good Pioperties \ thefe 

 fliould be planted early, that they 

 may have Strength to produce good 

 Seed, which will be ripe in three 

 Weeks or a Month's Time, after the 

 Flowers are pad, w^hcn you mult 

 carefully gather it, other wile it will 

 be blown away in a Ihort Time, it 

 being inclos'd in adowny Subilance, 

 You muft preferve this Seed 'till the 

 Beginning of Augujl, when you may 

 either low it in Po^s, Tubs, or a 

 well prepar'd Bed of light Earth \ in 

 the doing of it you muft be careful 

 not to let your Seeds be in Heaps, to 

 avoid which, is a Thing little under- 

 ftood, and is what I have been in- 

 formed of by Mr. Obadlih Loroe Gar- 

 dener at Batterfedy who hath for le- 

 veral Years rais'd large Quantities ot 

 thefe Flowers from Seeds j his Man-^ 

 ner is thus : 



After haviuGr levcl'd his Bed of 



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Earth, in which he intends to fow 

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