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In the Middle of Fehuary, if 

 the Seafon is good, you muft tranf- 

 plant thefe Layers into Pots for 

 their Bloom (which fliould be about 

 ieven Inches over at the Top in 

 the Ckar)5 in the doing of which, 

 ©bferve to put fome Pot-fl-ierds or 

 Oyfter-fliells over the Holes in the 

 Bottoms of the Pots to keep the 

 Earth from flopping them, which 

 xvould detain the Water in the 

 Pots, to the great Prejudice of the 

 Flowers ; then fill theie Pots about 

 half way with the fame good 

 Compoft: as was before diredled, 

 :and fhake the Plants out of the 

 fmall Pots with all the Earth about 

 the Roots ; then, with your Hands, 

 take eff fomc of the Earth round 

 the Outfide of the Ball, and from 

 the Surface, placing one good Plant 

 -exacSly in the Middle of each Pot, 

 lb that it may ftand well as to 

 Height, i.e. not fo low as to bury 

 the Leaves of the PJant with Earth i 

 Bor £o high that the Shank may 

 ?be aljove the Rim of the Potj then 

 .^11 the Pot up with the Earth bc- 

 ^fore-mci,ition'd, doling it gently to 

 the Plant with your Hands, giving 

 it a little Water, if the Weather is 

 •dry, to fettle the Earth about it j 

 then place thefe Pots in a Situa- 

 tion Vviicrc they may be del-ended 

 from the North Wind, obferving 

 to give thrm gentle W^atcrings, as 

 .the Seaibn may require. 



In this Place they may remain 

 till about the Middle of u4pril, at 

 which time you fliould prepare a 

 Stage of Boards to fet the Pots up- 

 on, which fliould be fo ordered, 

 as to iiave little Cifterns of Water 

 Tound each Pofb, to prevent the 

 2nfe^3 from getting to your Flow- 

 ers m their Bloom ; which, if they 

 are fuffer'd to do, will mar all 

 your Labour, by deftroying all your 

 flowers in a ihort Time : The 



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chief and moft mifchievous Infect 

 in this Cafe, is the Earwig, which 

 will gnaw off all the lower Parts 

 of the Petals of the Flowers (which 

 are very fweet) and thereby caufe 

 the whole Flower to fall to Pieces : 

 But fince the making one of thefe 

 Stages is fomewhat expenfive, and 

 not very eafy to be underflood by 

 fuch as have never feen them, I 

 fhall therefore defcribe a very fim- 

 pie one, which I have ufed for 

 leveral Years, v/hich anfwers the 

 Purpofe full as well as the befl and 

 moil: expenfive one can do: Firfl, 

 prepare fome common flat Pans, 

 about a Foot over, and three Inches 

 deep i place thefe two and two 

 oppolite to each other, at about 

 two Foot Diftance j and at every 

 eight Feet in Length-ways, two 

 of thefe Pans j in each of thefe 

 whelm a Flower-pot, tvhicli fhould 

 be about fix Inches over at the 

 Top, uplide-down, and lay a flat 

 Piece of Timber, about two Feet 

 and a half l6ng, and three Inches 

 thick, crofs from Pot to Pot, till 

 you have finifh'd the whole Length 

 of your Stage j then lay your Planks 

 Length-ways upon thele Timbers, 

 which will hold three Rows of 

 Planks for, the Size-pots which 

 were order'd for the Carnations: 

 And when you have fet your Pots 

 upon the Stage, fill the flat Pans 

 -with \Vater, always obferving as it: 

 decrcalcs in the Pans to replen'fii 

 it, which will effedually guard 

 your Flowers againft Infeth. 



This Stage fiiould be plac'd in a 

 Situation open to the South-Ead, 

 but defended from the Weft Winds, 

 but fl'iOuld not be too near Trees, 

 Walls, nor Buildings. About this 

 Time, viz. the Middle of ^pril, 

 your Layers will begin to flioot up 

 for Flower i you mufl therefore 

 be proviied with fome fquare Deal 

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