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Was before direded ; and about the 

 Middle of Aiiguji, you fhould pre- 

 pare a Bed of light, rich, fandy 

 Soil, in Proportion to the Quanti- 

 ty of your feedling Plants, and ha- 

 ving levcird the Surface very even, 

 you fiiould take out the Eai-rh 

 from the Boxes, in which your 

 Plants were rais'd, into a Sieve, in 

 order to get out all the Roots, 

 which, by^this Time (if they have 

 grown well) will be about the 

 Thicknefs of a Imall Quill i thefe 

 Roots il.ould be plac'd upon the 

 Bed at about two or three Inches 

 afunder, obferving to let the Bot- 

 tom Part of their Roots down- 

 wards ; then cover them over two 

 Inches thick, with the fame light 

 Earth : but as it will be impofiible 

 to get all the fmall Roots out of 

 the Earth in the Boxes, fo you 

 fliould fprcad the Earth upon ano- 

 ther Bed equally, and cover it over 

 with light Earth i by which Me- 

 thod you will not lofe any of the 

 Roots, be they never fo fmall. 



Thcfe Beds muft be arched over 

 with Hoops, and in very hard fro- 

 fty Weather, they muft be cover'd 

 with Mat?, 6''<^- to protedl 'em 

 from Froftj and in the Spring, 

 when the green Leaves are above- 

 ground, if'the Weather fhould be 

 very dry, you muft refrefl: 'em 

 with Water : but do thisfparing- 

 ly; for nothing is more injurious 

 to thefe Bulbs, than too great 

 Quantities of Moifture. During 

 the Summer feafon, you muft con- 

 ftantly keep the Beds clear from 

 Weeds; but after the Blades arc 

 decay'd, you muft never give them 

 any Watery and in Autumn, you 

 fliould ftir the Surface of the Bed 

 with a very fhort Hand-fork, being 

 exceeding careful not to thruft it 

 fb deep, as to touch the Roots, 

 which, if hurt, are very fubjed 



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to perifh foon after: Then fift a 

 little trcfli, light, rich Earth over 

 the Bed, about an Inch thick, or 

 fomewhat more, and in Winter 

 cover 'em again (as was before di- 

 rected :j In this Bed, the Roots 

 may continue until they flower, 

 which is commonly five Years af- 

 ter fowing, obferving to treat 'em, 

 both in Summer and Winter, as 

 before. 



When their Flowers begin to 

 fnew themfjlves, you fhould mark 

 all fuch as appear to have good 

 Properties, by thrufting a liTjall 

 Stick down by each Root, which 

 Roots, at the Time for taking 

 tliem up, fhiould be feledlcd from 

 the reft, and planted by themfelves : 

 Tho' I would by no means advife 

 the reje<fLing any of the other 

 Roots, until they have blown two 

 Years, before which you cannot 

 be afcertain'd of their Value. When 

 the green Leaves ot thefe Plants 

 begin to decay, their Roots muft 

 be taken up ; and the Earth of the 

 Bed being rais'd into a Ridge, the 

 better to Ihoot off the Moifture, 

 they ftiould be laid into the Earth 

 again, in an horizontal Pofition, 

 leaving the green Leaves hanging 

 downwards from the Roots, where- 

 by the great Moifture contain'd in 

 their very fucculent Leaves and 

 Flower-ftalks is exlialed, and pre- 

 vented from cntring the Roots; 

 which, when fufter'u to return in- 

 to them, is very often the Caufe 

 of their Rotting: In this Ridge, 

 the Roots fiiould remain until the 

 Leaves are quite dried off, when 

 they muft be taken up; and after 

 being clear'd of all Manner of 

 Filth, which would be hurtful to 

 tJjem, they muft be laid up in 

 Boxes, where they may be pre- 

 fcrv'd dry until September, which 

 is the proper Seafoii for planting 



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