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Sticks about tour Feet and a half 

 long, which fliould be thicker to- 

 ward the Bottom, and plain'd off 

 taper at the Top : Thefe Sticks 

 fliould be carefully ftuck into the 

 Pots as near as polVible to the Plant 

 without injuring it j then with a 

 flender Piece of Bafs-mat fallen 

 the Spindle to the Svck to prevent 

 its being broke: This you mull: 

 often repeat as the Spindle advances 

 in Height j and alio obierve to pull 

 off all lide Spindles as t licy are pro- 

 duc'd, and never let more than two 

 Spindles remain upon one Root, 

 nor above one, if you intend to 

 blow exceeding large. Toward 

 the Beginning of June your Flow- 

 ers will have attain'd their greateft 

 Height, and their Pods will begin 

 to iwell, and fome of the earlieft 

 begin to open on one Side; you 

 muft therefore obierve to let it open 

 in two other Places at equal Angles : 

 This muff be done fo foon as you 

 perceive the Pod break, other wife 

 your Flower will run out on one 

 Side, and be pafl recovering, (io 

 as to make a complete Flower) in 

 a fliort time; and in a few Days 

 after the Flowers begin to open, 

 you mufl cover tliem with Glaflcs 

 which are made for that Purpofe, 

 in the following manner : 



Upon the Top of the Glafs, ex- 

 adlly in the Center, is a Tin Col- 

 lar or Socket about three fourths 

 of an Inch iquare, (this is for the 

 Flower-ftick to come through ) ; 

 to this Socket are foldered eight 

 Slips of Lead at equal Di fiances, 

 which are about fix Inches and a 

 hilf long, and fpread open at the 

 Bottom about four Inches afun- 

 der; into thefe Slips of Lead are 

 faften'd Slips of Giafs, cut accord- 

 ing to the Diftances of the Lead, 

 which when they are fix'd in, are 

 border'd round the bottom with 



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another Slip of Lead quite roun^, 



fo that the Glafs hatli eight Angles 

 with the Socket in the Middle, 

 and fpread open at the Bottom 

 about eleven Inches. 



When your Flowers are open 

 enough to cover with thefe Glalfes, 

 you mufl make a Hole through 

 your I'iowcr-flick exacliy to the 

 Height of the under Part of the 

 Pod, through which you fhould 

 put a Piece of fmall Wire about fix 

 Inches long, making a Ring at one 

 End of the Wire to contain the 

 Pod, into which Ring you fhould 

 fix the Stem of the Flower; then 

 cut off all the Tyings of Bafs, and 

 thrufl the Stem of the Flower Co 

 far from the Stick, as may give- 

 con venient Room for the Flower 

 to expand without prelTnig againfl 

 the Stick; to which Dillancc you 

 may fix it, by turning your Wire 

 fo as not to draw back thro' the 

 Hole ; then make another Hole 

 thro' the Stick, at a convenient 

 Diflance above the Flower, thro' 

 whicii you iliould put a Piece of 

 Wire, an Inch and a half long, 

 which is to fupport the Glalles 

 trom Hiding down upon the Flow- 

 ers, and be fure to obferve thai- 

 the Glaffes are not plac'd fb high 

 as to admit the Sun and Rain un- 

 der them to the Flowers, nor Co 

 low as to fcorch their Leaves with 

 the Heat. At this time alfo, or a 

 few Days after, as you fliail judge 

 nccefTary, you fiiould cut fome fliff 

 Paper, Cards, or fome fuch Thing, 

 into Collars about four Inches over, 

 and exadtly round, cutting a Hole 

 in the Middle of it about Three- 

 Fourths of an Inch Diameter fop 

 the Bottom of the Flower to be^s 

 let through ,• then place thefe Col- 

 lars about them to fupport the Pe^ 

 tals of the Flower from hanging 

 down : This Collar fliould be plac'd 

 with- 



