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4. The Colours lliould be bright, 

 ^nd equally mark'd all ov^er the 

 Flower. 



f. The Flower fhould be very 

 full of Leaves, fo as ro render it, 

 when blown, very thick and high 

 in the Middle, and the Outfide 

 perfedily round. 



Having made choice of fuch of 

 your Flowers as promife v/eil for 

 the large Sort, thefe you fliould 

 mark feparately for Pots, and the 

 round whole blowing Flowers for 

 Borders; you fliould pull up all 

 iingle Flowers, or fuch as are ill- 

 colour'd and pot worth preferving, 

 that your good Flowers may have 

 the more Air and Room to grow 

 ftrong 5 thefe being laid, fo loon 

 as they have taken Root, (which 

 -will be fome time in Au^ujl) they 

 fhould be taken off, and planted 

 out, thofe that blovv-- large, in Pots, 

 and the ether in Borders, (as hath 

 been already dircdled.) Rut I fhall 

 now proceed to give fbme Di- 

 reftions for prop?:g2.ting theie Flow- 

 ers by Layers, and the neccflary 

 Care to be rak'^n, in order to biow 

 them fair and kvge. 



The beft Scafon for laying thefe 

 Flowers is in jwie, as loon as the 

 Shoots are Ibrong enough for that 

 Purpofe, which is perform 'd in 

 the following Manner. After have- 

 ing ftript oft the Leaves from the 

 lower Part of t;ie Shoot intended 

 to lay, make choice of a Ibong 

 Joint about the middle Pait pf the 

 Shoot, (not too near th.' Heart of 

 the Shoot, nor in the \\A^d P.nt 

 next the old Plant) then with your 

 Penknife make a Slit in the Middle 

 of the Shoot froni the joint up- 

 wards half way to the otlier Joint 

 pr more, according to their Dif- 

 tance; tiicn v^^'th your ICniFs cut 

 the Tops of the Leaves, and alio 

 puc oif tlje fweliing Part of the 



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Joint where the Slit is made, 

 (which might otherwife prevent; 

 their pufning out Roots) andhave^ 

 ing loofened the Earth round the 

 Plant, and, if need be, rais'd it 

 with frelh Mould, fo that it may be 

 level with the Shoot intended to 

 lay, I ell by forcing dov/n the Shoot 

 }Ou fplit it ofr' 5 then with your 

 Finger make a hollow Place in the 

 Earth, juft where the Shoot is to 

 come, and with your Thumb and 

 Finger bend the Shoot gently into 

 the Earth, obferving to keep the 

 Top as upright as poifible, that the 

 Slit may be open ^ and being pro- 

 vided with forked Sticks for that 

 Purpofe, thruft 'cm into the Ground, 

 fo that the forked Part may take 

 hold of the Layer, in order to 

 keep it dov/n in its proper Place; 

 then gently cover the Shank of 

 the Layer ^vith the fame Sort of 

 Earth, giving it a gentle watering, 

 to fettle the Earth about it, obferve- 

 ing to repeat the fame as often as 

 is necelTliry, in order to promote 

 thdr rooting. In about five or ilx 

 Weeks after this the Layers will 

 have taken Root fufficient to be 

 rranfphnted ^ agairift which time 

 you iV.ould be provided with pro- 

 per Earth for them, which may 

 be compos'd after the following 

 manner. 



Make choice of fome good Up- 

 land Paflure, or a Common that is 

 of a hazel Earth, or light iandy 

 Loam ; dig from the Surf ice of 

 this your Earth about eight Inches 

 deep, taking all the Turf with it, 

 let this be laid in a Heap to rot 

 aiid mellow, turning it once a 

 Month, that it m ay fv/eeten j then 

 mix about a third Part of rotten 

 Ncats-dung, or, for want of that, 

 Ibnic rotten Dung from a Cucum- 

 ber or Melon-bed '■> let this be well 

 mix'd together , and it you can gee 



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