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light Earth, and plac'd under a 

 Hedge where they may have the 

 Morning Sun only. The Seeds 

 Ihould be cover'd about half an Inch 

 thick, with fine light Earth, and 

 in very dry Weather (hould be 

 gently refrefh'd with Water. In 

 about fix Weeks, if your Seeds were 

 good, the Plants will come up, at 

 which Time you (hould carefully 

 guard them againft the rapacious 

 Birds, who would otherwile pull 

 off the Heads of the Plants, as they 

 thruft themfelves out of the Ground 

 with their Covers on them^ and 

 obftrve to refrefh them with Wa- 

 ter in dry Weather, eipecially if they 

 are fbwn in Pots or Boxes, as alio 

 to keep them conftantly clear from 

 Weeds, which, if fuffer'd to grow 

 among the young Plants, will loon 

 deftroy them : nor fhould they be 

 too much exposed to the Sun, or 

 llrong Winds, both which are very 

 injurious to thefe Plants while they 

 are young. But in O£iober you 

 Ihould (if they are in Boxes or Pots) 

 remove them into a Situation where 

 they may be defended from fharp 

 Winds, which are fometimes hurt- 

 ful to 'em while youngs but after- 

 wards they will endure the feverefl: 

 Weather of our Climate. 



The Latter-end of March, or 

 Beginning of April following, you 

 Ihould remove thefe Plants into Beds 

 of light frelh Earth, at about ten 

 Inches Diftance each Way, oblerv- 

 ing to water them, if the Seafon 

 ihould prove dry, as alio to lay a 

 little Mulch upon the Surface of 

 the Ground, to prevent the Sun and 

 Winds from drying their Roots: 

 In thefe Beds they may remain two 

 Years, during which Time you 

 fliould carefully keep them clear 

 from Weedsi as alfo obfcrve, if any 

 of 'em incline their Heads down- 

 ward, to thruft a fmail Stake into 



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the Ground by fuch of them, and 

 faften their Heads upright thereto i 

 for if they are fuffer'd to grow on 

 one-fide while young, they are rarely 

 to be reduc'd to an upright Figure 

 again. 



When the Plants have remain'd 

 in thele Beds two Years, they will 

 be fit to tranfplant into the Nur- 

 fery ^ in order to which, you Ihould 

 make choice of a Piece of frefh 

 light Earth not over-dry, nor too 

 wet : This Ground fhould be well 

 dug, and cleans'd from Weeds, and 

 Roots of Plants or Trees j and, 

 after having laid it level, you (hould 

 mark out the Rows at three Feet 

 Diftance i then you fhould take up 

 the Plants carefully, prelerving a 

 good Ball of Earth to their Roots, 

 and plant them in the Lines an 

 eighteen Inches afunder, obferving 

 to mulch their Roots, and alio to 

 water them, to prelerve their Roots 

 from drying. The beft Seafon for 

 this Work is toward the Latter-end 

 of March, or Beginning of April, 

 juft before the Plants begin to (lioot; 

 for if they are remov'd fooner, they 

 feldom fucceed ib well. During 

 the Time tliey remain in this Nur- 

 lery, they muft conftantly be kept 

 clean from Weeds j and the Ground 

 between them Ihould be dug every 

 Spring, that it may beloofe for the 

 Fibres of their Roots to ftrikeintoj 

 and the Weeds will be hereby more 

 efFearually deftroy'd than by any 

 other Method ; And the Roots of 

 the Plants being annually cut round, 

 will caule 'em to pu(h out a greater 

 Number of Fibres, whereby they 

 will be much fafer to remove than 

 they would be if permitted to grow 

 undifturb'd for feverai Years. 



You muft alfo obferve to train 

 their Heads upright, and not fuf- 

 fer them to grov/ awry, which 

 they are naturally too much inclined 



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