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his Seeds, he rubs the Seeds well 

 between his Hands with a little dry- 

 Sand, in order to make them fepa- 

 rate the uctter j then he fovvs them 

 as regularly as pofTible over the Bed j 

 but as theie Seeds v/ill {till adhere 

 ciofely together, he takes a ftrong 

 HairBrufh, and gently fweeps over 

 the whole Bed, obierving not to 

 brufh off the Seeds i this Biufli will 

 fo leparate the Seeds, if carefully 

 mmag'd, as not to leave any mtire 

 Lumps j then gently lift fome light 

 Earth, about a Quarter of an Inch 

 thick, over the Seeds j and if it 

 ihould prove hot, dry Weather, it 

 will be advifeable to lay fome Mats 

 upon the Bed in the Heat of the Day, 

 and now and then give it a little Wa- 

 ter upon the Mats, which will pre- 

 vent the wafhing of the Seeds out of 

 the Ground ; but be fure to uncover 

 the Bed at all times, when there are 

 gentle Showers y and as the Heat of 

 the Weather decreafes, fo may you 

 begin to uncover your Bed. 



In about two Months after fowing, 

 your Seeds will begin to appear, if 

 the Seafon has prov'd favourable, or 

 your Care in Management hath not 

 been wanting, otherwifc they many 

 times remain a whole Year in the 

 Ground. The firfl Winter after 

 their appearing above Ground they 

 are fubjecl to Injuries from hard 

 Frofls, or too much W>t, againft: 

 both of which you mull: equally de- 

 fend them; for theFrofl is very apt 

 to loofen the Earth, lb that the 

 young Plants are often turn'd out of 

 the Ground, after which a fmall 

 FroU will deflroy them, and too 

 much Wet often rots their tender 

 Roots, lb that all your former Trou- 

 ble may be loft in a fliort Time for 

 Want of Care in this Particular; nor 

 do I know of any Thing more de- 

 fli u6tive to thefe tender Plants, than 

 the co!d black Froils and Wind§ of 



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February and March, from which 

 you muft be careful to defend them, 

 by placing a low Reed Fence on the 

 i\or:h and Eajl Sides of the Bed, 

 which may be moveable, and only 

 faltcn'd to a few Stakes to fupport it 

 for the prefent, and may be taken 

 quite away, as the Seafon advances, 

 or remov'd to the South and IVeJi 

 Sides of the Bed, to fcreen it from 

 the Violence of the Sun, which often 

 impairs thefe tender Plants. 



As the Spring advances, if the 

 Weather fliould prove dry, you mufl: 

 gently refrefl:i them with Water, 

 which will greatly ftrengthcn your 

 Roots ; and when the green Leaves 

 are decay'd, if your Roots are not 

 too tliick to remain in the fame Bed 

 another Year, you mult clear oft all 

 the Weeds and decay'd Leaves from 

 the Bed, and fitt a little more of the 

 fime prcpar'd good Earth, about a 

 Quarter of an Inch thick, over the 

 Surface, and obierve to keep them 

 clear from Weeds during the Sum- 

 mer Seafon, and at Michaelmas re- 

 peat the fame Earthing , and if your 

 Roots fucceed well, many of them 

 will flower the fecond Year, when 

 •you mayfele6l ail fuch as you like, 

 by marking them with a Stick; but 

 I would not have you deltroy any of 

 them until after the third Year, 

 when you have feen them blow 

 ftrong, at which Time you will be 

 capable to judge of their Goodnefs. 



But if your Roots are too thick in 

 the Seed-bed to remain, you mull, 

 fo Ibon as their green Leaves arc de- 

 cay'd, fift the Earth of your Bed 

 thro' a very fine Sieve, in order to 

 get out the Roots, which can be no 

 orherways found, as being fmall, 

 and io nearly the Colour of the 

 Ground ; but indoingof this, obferve 

 not to difturb the Ground too deep, 

 foas to endanger the burying anyot 

 the Roots ; for notwithftanding all 



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