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from the frequently removing the 

 Plants, as is by fome directed, which 

 only weakens them, and caufts 'em 

 to produce fmaller Bunches of Flow- 

 ers; but I could not find any more 

 of them come double by this Ma- 

 nagement, than if they hid never 

 been remov'd : But the bell: Method 

 that I have obferv'd, to have thefe 

 Flowers in the greateft Perfection, 

 is to change the Seeds every Year, 

 if you can procure a good Corref- 

 pondent at fome Place at a great 

 Diftance from you, who will faith- 

 fully furnifh you with good Seeds: 

 And in faving thefe Seeds, if you 

 obferve a greater Number of Petals 

 than ufual in the fingle Flowers, it 

 is a good Sign that the Seeds of 

 fucli Plants will produce double 

 Flowers. 



As thefe Plants are commonly 

 biennial, and fcldom continue longer 

 than the fecond Year, fo there will 

 be a Necelfity of fbwing Sjeds every 

 Yeari for when they have flower '3 

 and feeded, they commonly decay 

 ibon after, as alio do the Double 

 Flowers foon after they are out of 

 flower i or if fome of them fliould 

 continue another Year, they are iel- 

 dom fb ftrong, or produce fb fair 

 Flowers as the young feedling Plants: 

 fo that, upon the Whole, they are 

 fcarcely worth Handing. And tho' 

 fome People recommend the Propa- 

 gating the Double Sorts from Slips 

 and Cuttings, as the fureft Way to 

 have Double Flowers, which indeed 

 is very true ; yet the Plants thus 

 rais'd are always weaker than thofe 

 rais'd from Seeds, and never pro- 

 duce their Flowers near fb large or 

 fair: Wherefore, (as I faid before) 

 it is better to have a Succefl'ion of 

 Seedling Plants every Year, amongfl 

 which you will always have a Quan- 

 tity of Double Flowers, provided 

 your Seed be good. 



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The Brompion Stock-Gilli-flower 

 is by many People moft valu'd, for 

 the Largenefs of its Flowers, and 

 the Brightnefs of their Colour : but 

 this Sort feldom produces more 

 than one Spike of Flowers upon a 

 Plant 5 whereas the Italian and Tur- 

 ple Sorts produce feveral very fair 

 Bunches upon each Plant, efpecially 

 if they have Strength : And there 

 is a Sort commonly call'd the Stock- 

 7najor, (which, probably, is the fe- 

 venth Sort here mention'd) which 

 branches out on every Side, and 

 produces many fair Spikes of Flow- 

 ers from one Root j thefe are of a 

 beautiful Red Colour : As doth ano- 

 ther Sort, commonly (tho' falfely) 

 call'd the Annual Stock, which will 

 produce its Flowers the firfl Year 

 from Seed J but then the Plants 

 commonly continue the next Sea- 

 fbn, and flower again very ftrong, 

 and thefe often produce fome Va- 

 riety in the Colour of their Flow- 

 ers, fome being of a beautiful Scar- 

 let, and others of a pale Red Colour, 

 and fome of them are finely varie- 

 gated J and thefe all produc'd from 

 Seeds taken from the fame Plant : 

 but this Sort is very apt to dege- 

 nerate, il: the Seeds are not frequently 

 changed. 



The fmall Annual Stock-GilH- 

 flower will produce Flowers in 

 about ten Weeks after fbwing, 

 (which has occalion'd its being call'd 

 the Ten Weeks Stock) ; and if the 

 Seaibn be tolerably cool and moifl, 

 thefe Flowers will be very large : 

 And many times there are large 

 Double Flowers produc'd among 

 them, which renders them well 

 worth propagating, efpecially if you 

 fow them in May, which will caufe 

 them to flower in Augufi and Sep- 

 tembeVy when Flowers are begin- 

 ning to be fcarce in the Gardens. 

 Thefe Plants produce ripe Seeds 

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