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and preferv'd until the- next Seafon, 

 at which Time you will be capa- 

 ble to form a Judgment of the 

 Goodnefs of the Flower i hut thofe 

 that produce plain-colour'd, or fmall 

 Flowers, Hiould be taken out, and 

 planted in Borders in the out Parts 

 of the Garden, to make a Shew, 

 or gather for Nofcgays, &c, the 

 others which do not produce their 

 Flowers the fame Year, may be 

 taken up, and tranfplanted into a 

 frcili Bed, to remain till you fee 

 hp^v they wmII prove. 



The Manner of propagating thefe 

 Flowers when obtain'd, is from 

 Otf-fets, or Slips, taken from the 

 old Roots in uiprily when the 

 Flowers are in Bloom i thefe Olf- 

 lets muft be planted into fmall 

 Pots, fill'd with the fame Sort of 

 Earth, as was before diredted for 

 the Seedlings, and during the Sum- 

 mer Sealbn, fliould be fet in a 

 Ihady Place, and muft be often re- 

 frefii'd with Water, but in the 

 Winter fl:iould be fnclter'd from the 

 violent Rains j the Spring follow- 

 ing, thefe young Plants will pro- 

 duce Flowers, tho' but weak,- foon 

 after they are pad flowering, you 

 mull put them into larger Pots, 

 and the fecond Year they will blow 

 in Perteflion. 



But in Older to obtain a fine 

 Bloom of theie Flowers, you mufl 

 obferve the following Directions: 



Firft, Preferve yoer Plants from 

 too much Wet in Winter, which 

 often rots and fpoils them, but let 

 them have as much free open Air 

 as polfible; npr iliould they be too 

 much expos'd to the Sun, which 

 is apt to forward their budding 

 for Flower too foon ; and the frofty 

 Mornings which often happen in 

 March, do thereby deftroy their 

 Buds, if they are not proteded 

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Secondly, In the Beginning of 

 February, if the Weather is mild, 

 you muft take off the upper Part 

 of the Earth in your Auriculas 

 Pots, as low as you can without 

 difturbing their Roots, and fill up 

 the Pots with frelli rich Earth, 

 v/hich will greatly ftrengthen them 

 for Bloom j as alio prepare your 

 OiT-fets for tranfplanting in Aprily 

 by caufing tiiem to pulh out new 

 Roots. 



Thirdly, You muft cover your 

 Pots with Mats in frofty Weather, 

 during this Time ot their budding 

 for Flower, left the fharp Morn- 

 ings blight them, and prevent their 

 blowing. 



Fourthly, When your Flower- 

 Stems begin to advance, and the 

 bloflbm Buds grow turgid ; you 

 muft prote6t them from hafty 

 Rains, which would wafti off their 

 white meally Farina, and greatly 

 deface the Beauty of their Flowers'; 

 but at the fame Time, obferve to 

 keep them as much uncover'd as 

 poifible, otherwifc their Stems will 

 be drawn up too weak to fupport 

 their Flowers, (which is often the 

 Cafe when their Pots are placed 

 under Walls) and give them gentle 

 Waterings to ftrengthen them; bur 

 let none of the Water fall into the 

 Center of the Plant or among their 

 Leaves. 



Fifthly, When your Flowers be- 

 gin to open, you Ihould remove 

 their Pots upon a Stage (built with 

 Rows of Shelves, one above an- 

 other, and cover'd on the Top, to 

 preferve them from Wet j this 

 fhould be open to the Morning 

 Sun, but flielter'd from the Heat 

 of the Sun in the Middle of the 

 Day) in this Pofition they will ap- 

 pear to much greater Advantage, 

 then when the Pots ftand upon the 

 Ground ; for their Flowers being 



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