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^ithinfide the Calyx of the Flower, 

 and ftiould be fupported thereby •. 

 Then obferve from Day to Day 

 v/hat Pf ogrefs your Flowers make ; 

 and if one Side comes out fafter 

 than the other, you fhould turn the 

 Pot about, and iTiift the other Side 

 towards the Sun i and alfo if the 

 Weather proves very hot, you 

 Should fhade the Glafles in the 

 Heat of the Day with Cabbage- 

 leaves, <!^c. to prevent their being 

 icorchM, or forc'd out too foon j 

 snd when the middle Pod begins 

 to rife, you fhould take out the 

 Calyx thereof witli a Pair ot Nip- 

 pers made for that Purpofej but 

 this (hould not be done too 

 ibon, left the middle Part of the 

 Flower fiiould advance too high 

 •above the Sides, which will greatly 

 diminifh the Beauty of it :. And 

 you ihould alfo oblerve whether 

 t-hcre are more Leaves in the Flower 

 thin can properly be expanded for 

 v/aut of Room \ in which Cafe 

 you fhouiil pull out fome of the 

 iowermoft or moft unlikely Leaves 

 to fpread, drawing out and expand- 

 ing the others at the fame Time : 

 And when your Flowers are fuily 

 blown, if you cut them off, you 

 iliould put on a frefn Collar of ft'ff 

 Paper, which (hould be cut exadly 

 t>o the ^VLQ. of the Flower, fo tiiat 

 it may fapport the Petals to their 

 -fjuii Width, but not to be fccn 

 v/ider than the Flower in any Part : 

 When this is put on, you mufc 

 tkaw out the wideic Lejives to 

 form the Outiide of the Flower, 

 v/hich altho' they i-hould be in the 

 Middle (as it often happens) yet by 

 removing the other Leaves, rhcy 

 may be drawn down, and fo the 

 •iiext longeft Leaves upon them 

 iigain, that the whole Flower may 

 appear equally globuiar without 



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of this. Tome Florifts are {b curi" 

 ous as to render an indifferent 

 Flower very handfome ; and on 

 this depends, in a great meafure, 

 the Skill of the Artift to produce 

 large fine Flowers. 



During the -flowering Seafba, 

 particular Care fhould be taken not 

 to let them fuffer for want of Wa- 

 ter, which fhould by no means be 

 raw Spring-water; nor do I ap- 

 prove of Com,pound-v/aters, fuch 

 ci^ are inrich'd with various Sorts 

 of Dungs i but the beft and moft 

 natural Water is that of a fine foft 

 River,- next to that is Pond- water 

 or Standing- water i but if you have 

 no other but Spring- water, it (hould 

 be expos'd to the Sun or Air two 

 Days before it is ufed, otherwifc 

 it will give the Flowers the Can- 

 ker and fpoil them. Thus having 

 been full in the Culture of this 

 noble Flower, 1 fliall juft mention 

 that of the Pi«/r, which differs 

 not in the leaft from that of the 

 Curnation in its manner of propa- 

 gating, but only requires much lefs 

 Care, and need not be potted, 

 growing full as well in good Bor- 

 ders, where they make as elegant 

 a Shew, during their Seafon of 

 Fbv^ering, as any Plant whatever^ 

 and afford as agreeable a Scent.. 

 The Varieties of thefe are, 



Tiie Damash Pink, White Shocks 

 Scarlet, Pheafant's-ey\l Fink, of 

 which there are great Varieties, 

 both with fingle and double Flow- 

 ers, OlclMnn's Head, ? minted Lady, 

 with (everal others. Thefe may 

 he propagated by Layers as the 

 Carnations, and many of them by 

 Cuttings planted in jtdy, or from 

 Seeds, by which Method new Va- 

 rieties may beobtain'd. The man- 

 ner of fowing thefe Seeds being 

 the fame with the Carnatio?}s ; I 

 fnall refer back to that, t© avoid 



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