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up : About the Middle of Auguft, 

 fuch of the Roots as are flrong 

 enough to flower, will begin to 

 {hew the Bud of their Flower- 

 ftem (which is commonly of a 

 red Colour) therefore you fhould 

 remove thefe Pots into a Situation 

 where they may have the full Be- 

 nefit of the Sun, and may be Ihel- 

 ter'd from ftrong Winds-, but by 

 no Means place them too near a 

 Wall, nor under Glafles, which 

 would draw them up weak, and 

 render them lefs beautiful : At this 

 Sealbn they fliould be gently re- 

 &e{h'd with Water, if the Weather 

 be warm and *lry ; but if it fliould 

 prove very wet, they fhould be 

 fcreen'd from it. 



When the Flowers begin to o- 

 pen, the Pots fhould be removed 

 under Shelter, to prevent the Flow- 

 ers from being injured hy too 

 much Wet ; but they muft not be 

 kept too clofe, nor placed in a Si- 

 tuation too warm, which would 

 occaiion their Colour to be lels 

 lively, and haften their Decay. The 

 Flowers of this Plant will conti- 

 nue in Beauty (if rightly manag'd) 

 a full Month, and though they 

 have no Scent, yet for the Rich- 

 nefs of their Colour, they are juft- 

 ly efteem'd in the firft Rank of the 

 Flowery Race. 



After the Flowers are decay 'd, 

 the Green Leaves will begin to 

 flioot forth in Length, and if 

 (helter'd from fevere Cold, will 

 continue growing all the Winter 3 

 but they muft have as m.uch free 

 Air as poflible in mild Weather, 

 and be cover'd only in great Rains 

 or Frofts, for which Purpofe a 

 common Hot-bed Frame is the 

 propereft Shelter for them, under 

 which if they are placed, the 

 Glaifes may be taken off conftant- 

 ly every Day in dry open Weather, 



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which will encourage the Leaves 

 to grow flrong and broad ; where- 

 as when they are placed in a Green- 

 houfe, or not expo fed to the open 

 Air, they will grow long and flen- 

 der, and have a pale, weak Afpe£t, 

 whereby the Roots will become 

 weak, fo that it feldom happens 

 that they produce Flowers under 

 fuch Management. 



Thele Roo^s Ihould be tranf- 

 planted every other Year toward 

 the latter End of June, or the Be- 

 ginning of July, and planted into 

 frefli Earth (but they fhould not 

 be oftener removed, for that would 

 retard their Flowering.) The Off- 

 fets ihould alfb be taken off and 

 planted into feparate Pots, which 

 in three Years Time will produce 

 Flowers, fo that after Perfon are 

 once flock'd with thefe Roots, 

 they may increafe them, fo as to 

 have a Supply of blowing Roots, 

 without being at the Trouble or 

 Expence of fending to Cuernfey e- 

 very Year for frefli Roots ^ and the 

 Roots preferved here, will flower 

 flrongcr than thofe which are ufu- 

 ally brought from thence j for the 

 Inhabitants of thole Iflands are not 

 very curious in cultivating thefe 

 Roots : Their uflial Method is to 

 plant them at a great Diftance in a 

 Bed of common Earth, where they 

 let them remain for many Years, 

 in which Time they produce fuch a 

 Number of Off-fets, that many 

 times one fmgle Clufler has con- 

 tain'd above a Hundred Roots ■■, by 

 which Means thofe which grow 

 on the Infide, are fo much com- 

 prelled by the outer Roots, that 

 they are perfectly flatted, and from 

 the Number of Roots they are all 

 rendered weak, and fo unfit to 

 produce fuch large Stems of Flow- 

 ers, as thofe which have grown fmgle 

 and are of a fphcrical Figure. 



But 



