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ter: but if you are oblig'd to ufe 

 it fooner, then it fhould be oftener 

 turn'd, that the Parts may the 

 better unite. 



This Soil fliould be laid ten In- 

 ches dec^p on the Beds which are 

 defign'd for your Hyacinths -y and 

 you may lay a littk rotten Cow- 

 Dung or Tanners Bark at the Bot- 

 tom, which may be within reach 

 of the Fibres : but it Ihould by no 

 means touch the Bulb. If the Soil 

 be very wet, where thefe Beds are 

 made, you fhould raife them ieven 

 or eight Inches above the Surface^ 

 but if it be dry, they need not be 

 rais'd above three Inches. 



The manner of preparing the 

 Beds, is as follows: Firft, t^ke all 

 the former old Earth out of the 

 Bed, to the Depth you intend, then 

 fpread a little rotten Dung or Tan 

 in the Bottom, laying it very level ; 

 upon this you fhould lay the a- 

 bove-mention'd Earth five Inches 

 thick, levelling it very even j then 

 fcore out the Diflances for the 

 Roots, which fhould be eight In- 

 ches fquare, in flrait Rows, each 

 Way 5 after which, place your Roots 

 cxa(itly in the Squares, obferving 

 to fet the Bottom-part downward i 

 then cover the Roots five Inches 

 deep with the fame prepar'd Earth i 

 being very careful, in doing of this, 

 not to diiplace any of them : And 

 a the Tops of theie Beds are made 

 a little rounding, to flicot off the 

 Wet, it will be of Service, provi- 

 ded they are not made too high, 

 which is a Fault the other way. 



The bell; Seafbn for planting 

 tht^Q Roots, is towards the middle 

 or latter End of September, accor- 

 (ding to the Earlinefs or Latenefs of 

 the Seafon, or the Weather which 

 then happens : But I would adviie 

 you never to plant *em when the 

 (JrouncJ is extreme 4ry, Holefs tk^xq 



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be a Profpeft of fome Rain fban 



after i for if the Weather fhould 

 continue dry for a confiderable 

 Time after, the Roots would re- 

 ceive a Mouldinefs, which will cer- 

 tainly deilroy them. 



Thele Beds will require no far- 

 ther Care, until the Frofl comes 

 on fever e, at which Time they 

 fhould have fome Peas-haulm, or 

 fuch-like Covering, laid over them, 

 which will keep out the Froft bet- 

 ter than Matsi and lying hollow, 

 will admit the Air to the Surface 

 of the Ground, and alio permit the 

 Exhalations to pafs off, wherjby 

 the Earth will remain dry, and 

 prevent the Roots from rotting, 

 which has often happen'd when 

 the Beds have been too clofe co- 

 ver'd. But you muft obferve to 

 take ofl this Covering whenever 

 the Weather is mild, and only let 

 it continue on in very hard Frof^s j 

 for a fmall Frofl cannot injure the 

 Roots before the green Leaves ap- 

 pear above-ground, which is fei- 

 dom before the Beginning of Fe- 

 Srnary; at which Time the Beds 

 mufl be arched over with Hoops, 

 that they may be cover'd either 

 with Mats, Canvas, or fome other 

 light Covering, to prevent the 

 Frofl from hindring the Buds as 

 they arife above-ground : but theie 

 Coverings mufl be conftantly ta-- 

 ken off every Day, when the Wea- 

 ther is mild, other wife the Flow- 

 er-flems will be drawn up to a 

 great Height, and become very 

 weak, and the Pedicles of the 

 Flowers vviil be long and {lender, 

 and fb rendered incapable of flip- 

 porting the Bells : which is a great 

 Difadvantage to the Flowers; for 

 one of their greatefl Beauties con- 

 iifls in the regular Difpolition of 

 the Beils» 



Whea 



