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5 . The Fipe or Neck of each llorcer 

 fjould be JJjorty and the Flowers large 

 and regularly fpread, being no ways 

 inclinable to cup. 



4. That the Colours are "very bright 

 and well mixed. 



5". That the Eye of the Fiercer be 

 large J round, and of a good IVhite or 

 Yellovp, and that the Tube or Neck 

 be not too wide. 



All Flowers of this kind, that 

 Tyrant any of the above- mention'd 

 Properties, are now rejefted by 

 every good Floriftj for as the Va- 

 rieties every Year increafe from 

 Seeds, fo the bad ones are turn'd 

 out to make Room for their Bet- 

 ters; but in fome People the Paf- 

 fion for new Flowers fo much 

 prevails, that fup poling the old 

 Flower greatly preferable to a new 

 one, if it is of their own raifing, 

 the latter muft tal-Le Place of the 

 old one. 



In order to obtain good Flowers 

 from Seeds, you muft make choice 

 of the beft Flowers you have, 

 \vhich (hould be expos'd to the 

 open Air, that they may have the 

 Benctir of Showers, without which 

 they feidom produce good Seeds j 

 the Time of their Ripening is in 

 June, which you will ealily know, 

 by their Seed-vellel turniui^ to a 

 brov/n Colour and" opening; you 

 jrmft thcretbrc be careful left the 

 Seeds be fcatter'd out of the Vei- 

 iel, for it will not be all tit to ga- 

 ther at the lame Time. 



The Time for fowing this "Seed, 

 is commonly m Augujts but if it 

 be fown any Time betore Ckriji- 

 mas, it will be Time enough. 



The beft Soil for this Seed, \% 

 good frei"h, light fandy Mould, 

 mix'd with very rotten Neat's- 

 Dung, with this you fliould fill 

 your Pots, Boxes, or Baskets, in 

 which vou intend to fow your 



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Seeds; and having level'd the Sur- 

 face of the Earth very fmooth, 

 fbw your Seeds thereon, covering 

 it very lightly with rotten willow 

 Mould, then cover the Box, ^c, 

 with a Net or Wire, to prevent the 

 Cats, Fowls, c^f. from Icratching 

 out, or burying your Seeds too, 

 deep; let thefe Boxes, ^e. be 

 placed fo as to receive half the 

 Day's Sun, during the Winter Sea- 

 fon ; but in the Beginning oi March y 

 remove them where they may have 

 only the Morning Sun till ten of 

 the Clock, for your young Plants 

 will now foon begin to appear, 

 which if expos'd to one whole Day's 

 Sun only, will be all deftroy'd. 



During the Summer Seafon, in 

 dry Weather, often refrefh them 

 with Water, but never give them 

 too great Quantities at once: In 

 the July following, your Plants 

 will be large enough to tranfplant, 

 at which Time you muft prepare 

 a Bed, or Boxes, filled with the 

 above- mention'd Soil, in which 

 you may plant them about three 

 Inches fquare, and (if in Beds) you 

 muft ftiade them every Day, till 

 they are thoroughly rooted, as alfb 

 in very hot dry Weather; but if 

 they are in Baskets or Boxes, they 

 may be removed to a fliady Place. 



When you have taken all your 

 Plants which are now^ come up 

 out of your Boxes or Pots, level 

 the Earth gently again, for it often 

 happens, that fome of the Seeds 

 will lie in the Ground two Years 

 before they appear, efpccially, if 

 they were cover'd too deep when 

 fown. 



The Spring following, many of 

 thefe Flowers will ftiew, when 

 you may felect fuch of them as 

 have good Properties, which fhould 

 be removed each of them into a 

 Pot of the fame prepared Earth, 



and 



