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'tocien'd by the Weather, atid be 

 of fingular Service to your Plants. 



There are many People, who 

 arc very fond of watering ColU- 

 Jlojx>er-?hnts in Summer, but the 

 Gardeners near London have almofl 

 wholly laid afide this Practice, as 

 Ending a deal of Trouble and 

 Charge to little Purpofe j for if the 

 rGround be fo very dry as not to 

 produce tolerable good Collifiowers 

 v/ithout V/ater, it feldom happens, 

 that watering of them renders them 

 lEuch better ; and when once they 

 have been water'd, it it is not conr 

 .<lantly continu'd, it had been much 

 better for them if they never had 

 zny 9 as alfo, if it be given them 

 in the Middle of the Day, it rather 

 helps to fcald them ; So that upon 

 the Whole, if Care be taken to 

 keep the Earth drawn up to their 

 Stems, and clear them from every 

 Thing that grows near them, that 

 they may have free open Air, we 

 fhall find that they will fucceed 

 better without than with Water, 

 \irhere any of thefe Cautions are 

 not ftridly obferved. 



When your Colliflorpers begin to 

 Fruit, you muft often look over 

 them, to turn down their Leaves, 

 as was before direded, to preferve 

 their Whitenefs j and when they 

 are full grown, obferve the former 

 Diredlions in pulling theiii, i^-c 

 But where-ever you meet with 

 an extraordinary gx)od CollifiQVPery 

 whofe Curd is hard and white, and 

 perfectly free from any Frothinefs 

 about the Edges, you fiiould fuffcr 

 it to remain for Seed, keeping the 

 •Leaves clofc down upon it until 

 the Flower hath Hiot out Stems, 

 and then remove the Leaves from 

 them by Degrees, but do not ex- 

 pole them too much to the open 

 Airatfiril: As the Stems advance, 

 70U muH take th£ I^eaves <jui:e a- 



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way ; and when they begin to 

 branch out, you {hould fix three 

 pretty ftrong Stakes, at equal An- 

 gles, about It, furrounding them 

 with Packthread, (°f>c. to flipport 

 their Branches, which would be 

 otherwife liable to break with the 

 Wind. 



When your Pods begin firft to 

 be form'd, if the Weather be dry, 

 you fhould give them a little Wa- 

 ter all over, (with a Watering-pot 

 that hath a Rofe to it) which will 

 promote the Progrefs of the Seeds, 

 and preferve 'em from the Mildew, 

 which is often hurtful to thefe 

 Seeds; and when your Seeds are 

 ripe, you mufl: cut it off, and hang 

 it up to dry, and rub it out, as 

 was directed for Cai>l>age-Seed : 

 And although your Flowers do not 

 produce fo much Seed as thofc 

 which were of a fofter or frothy 

 Nature, yet the Goodnefs of fuch 

 Seeds will fufiiciently recompenfe 

 for the Quantity j and any Perfba 

 who was to pur chafe his Seeds, 

 had better give ten Shillings an 

 Ounce for fuch Seeds, than two for 

 the Seeds commonly fav'd for Sale 5 

 as the Gardeners about London have 

 experienc'd, who will never buy 

 any Seeds of this Kind, that they 

 do not know how they were 

 fav'd. 



But in order to have a third 

 Crop ot ColliJloTvers, you fhould 

 make a flender Hot-bed in Fei>rnary, 

 in which you fhoyld fbw the Seeds, 

 covering them a quarter ofanlncli 

 thick with light Mould, and co- 

 vering the Bed with Glafs Frames j 

 you fliould now and then gently 

 refrefh the Bed with Water, ob- 

 ferving to raife the GlaiTes with 

 Bricks in the Day-time to let in 

 frefli Air ; and when the Plants 

 are come up, and have gotten four 

 or five Leaves, you fhould prepare 



