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a few Years to be Iprcad into di- 

 vers Parts of the Kingdom. This 

 Plant muft never be planted in a 

 rich Soil, which will greatly dimi- 

 niili its Beauty, and many times 

 caufe the Roots to decay. 



All the Sorts of Lilies and Mar- 

 titgons may be propagated by low- 

 ing their Seeds ; by which IVIethod 

 •fomc new Varieties may be ob- 

 tain'd, provided the Seeds are fav'd 

 •from the befl: Sorts, efpecially the 

 Mfitrtagons, which are more incli- 

 nable to vary than the other Lilies. 

 The Manner of Sowing them is as 

 follows ; 



You muft be provided with 

 fome iquare Boxes about lix In- 

 phes ,cieep, which (houid have 

 Holes bored in their Bottoms, to 

 let the Wet pafs off j thcfe Boxes 

 fhouid be fiird with frelli light 

 fandy Earth, and in the Beginning 

 of Auguji, foon after the Seeds 

 are ripe, you muft fow them 

 thereon pretty thick, covering 'em 

 over with light lifted Earth about 

 half an Inch i then place the Boxes 

 where they may have the Morning 

 Sun only, obferving, if the Sealbn 

 fhouid prove dry, to refrefh 'em 

 often with Water, as alfo to puii 

 out all Weeds which may be pro- 

 duc'd : In this Situation the Boxes 

 fhouid remain until Ociober, when 

 you muft remove 'em where they 

 may have as much Sun as polTible, 

 as alio be fcreen'd from the cold 

 North and Eaft Winds during the 

 Winter Seafon : But in the Spring 

 of the Year, about the Beginning 

 of Aprily you muft remove the 

 Boxes into their former Poiition ; 

 for now the young Plants will appear 

 above-ground, which are impatient 

 of too much Heat : belides, the 

 Earth in the Boxes will dry too 

 fall at this Sealbn, if expos'd to 

 the full Sun at Noon. You muft 



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alio obferve at this Seafon to keep 

 them intirely clear from Weeds, as 

 alfo to refrefh them gently with 

 Water if the Seafon fhouid prove 

 dry J in this Place you fhouid let 

 the Boxes remain until the Begin- 

 ning of Aiigufi, at which Time 

 you fhouid prepare fome Beds of 

 the above-mention'd frefh light 

 Earth, which muft be Icveli'd very 

 even : Then take the Earth out of 

 the Boxes, together with the Imall 

 Bulbs, and ftrew it equally over 

 the Beds, covering it over about 

 half an Inch thick with fine- lifted 

 Earth: And if the Seafon fhouid 

 prove very hot and dry, you would 

 do well to fliade the Beds in the 

 Middle of the Day from the great 

 Heat of the Sun, and refrefh them 

 now-and-thcn with Water. 



You muft alfo obferve to keep 

 them intirely clear from Weeds : 

 And if the following Winter fhouid 

 prove very cold, you muft cover 

 the Beds with Peas-haulm, or fome 

 other light Covering, to keep out 

 the Froft, which would prejudice 

 the Roots, if fufter'd to enter deep 

 into the Ground (clpecially while 

 they are fo young :) but you muft 

 never let the Covering remain on 

 m mild Weather, which would al- 

 fo be very injurious to them. 



In i^ebruaryy when the hard 

 Froft^ are over, you fhouid gently 

 clear off the Earth upon the Sur- 

 face of the Bedj (which, durincr 

 the Winter-feafon, will often have 

 conrraded a Moifmefs) and fift a 

 little frefii Earth equally over the 

 Beds, which will greatly encou- 

 rage the Roots : But in doing thi^, 

 you muft be very careful not to 

 ftir the Groun i ^o deep as to in- 

 jure the Roots; Nor fliould vou 

 deter doing it too late, left 'the 

 Shoots fhouid be coming up, which, 

 by this Operation, might be bro- 

 ^ I ken. 



