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Dung round the Pots, to guard 

 tlieir Roots from the Froft. If 

 this Care be taken, the Flowers 

 will fufficiently rccompcnce for 

 tlie Trouble, in their Numbers and 

 Largenefs. 



The Peach-leav'd Bell-TlovDers 

 may be rais'd iTom Seeds, in the 

 •fame manner; or be increas'd, by 

 parting their Roots in Autumn, 

 which is the moft cxpciiitious Me- 

 thod : Thele are very hardy, and 

 may be planted in open Beds or 

 Borders, where they will flower 

 very ftrong, efpecially if their 

 Roots are taken up and parted 

 evei-y other Year; for otherwife, 

 the Number of Heads will render 

 their Stems weak, and the Flowers 

 fmall 



The Canterbury Bells are bien- 

 nial, feldom lafting longer than 

 the {econd Year ; thefe therefore 

 are only rais'd, by fowing their 

 Seeds, rhe beft Seafon for which is 

 in the Beginning of April, and in 

 fmie the Plants will be tit to tranf- 

 plant; at which time you fl-sould 

 prepare a Bed or two in a fliady 

 S'tuation, where you mufl; plant 

 them at about fix Inches Diftance 

 every way : and in September fol- 

 lowing you may plant them out 

 into the Borders of the Flower- 

 Gardcn, where they will flower 

 the May following ; and when they 

 have ripen'd their Seeds, will die ; 

 therefore you muft fow every 

 Year, to have a Supply of treih 

 Roots. 



The two Dwarf American Kinds 

 are only propagated by Off-fets, 

 their Seeds feldom ripening with 

 us i they are hardy, and will en- 

 dure in the open Air, provided they 

 are planted in a dry Soil, and a 

 warm Situation : The bcft Seafon 

 for parting their Roots, is in April j 

 but they mufl nor have too rich a 

 Soil. 



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Thefe Plants v/ill endure our 

 common Winters in the open Air> 

 but in fevere Frofts they are often 

 deftroycd, therefore it will be pro- 

 per to prcfervc Ibme Plants of each 

 Sort in Pots, which may be placed 

 under a common Hot-bed Frame 

 in Winter, obferving to take off 

 the Glafles every Day in mild Wea- 

 ther, that they may enjoy as much 

 free Air as polTible ; and in hard 

 Frofts the Glafles may be covered 

 with Mats, Straw, or Peafe Haulm, 

 to prevent the Earth in the Pots 

 from being frozen, which will 

 preferve the Plants in Vigour. 



The Canary Campanula, is one 

 of the moft beautiful Plants of the 

 Grccn-Iioufe, it producing its 

 Flowers in the Depth of Winter, 

 and continuing them through the 

 yiontYiSO^ December, J^uary, and 

 Tebruary. This Plant is propaga- 

 ted by parting its Roots, the Sea- 

 fon for which is in June, when 

 the Stems are quite dccay'd ; and 

 in doing of it, great Care fliould 

 be taken, not to break or bruife 

 their Roots, which would endan-r 

 ger their decaying. The Soil in 

 which thefe Roots fhould be plant- 

 ed, muft be one third freih Earth, 

 a third Part Sand, and the reft 

 Lime-Rubbifli ; this fnould be well 

 mix'd and fcreen'd, and, if laid 

 together half a Year before it is 

 ufcd, that it may incorporate, it 

 will be the better. 



When you plant the Roots, give 

 them a little Water to fettle the 

 Earth about them; but afterwards 

 let your Waterings be very fpa- 

 ringly done, and but feldom repeat- 

 ed until their Stems begin to ad- 

 vance ; after which, they muft 

 have it a little freely : For want of 

 this Caution, many of thefe, and 

 other Flower-roots which are kept 

 in Pots, are deftroy'd j for it is im- 

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