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ken, and greatly hurt. And as the 

 Seufbn advances, fo you muft be 

 careful to clear them from Weeds, 

 and in dry Weather to water them ^ 

 and in very hot Days, if you fliade 

 *em from the Sun, it v/ill be of 

 great Service to them : but this 

 need not be done 'till the Latter- 

 end ol April, or the Beginning of- 

 Mny, when the Scafon is Ibme- 

 timcs very hot and dry. 



When their Leaves are quite de- 

 cay'd, you* fhould flir the Surface 

 Ol the Beds again (but do not go 

 roo deep) which will prevent the 

 Weeds from growing very taft:, 

 and be of Service to the Roots i 

 and in September you mud fih 

 ibme more frefli Eajth over the 

 Beds about half an Inch thick: 

 anJ in Winter and Spring you mufl 

 manage them as was direfted tor 

 the preceding Year. 



In Septemher following thefe 

 Roots will require uo be traniplant- 

 ed to a greater Diflance, when you 

 mult prepare fome Beds of the 

 lame frclh light Earth, as was be- 

 fore directed, making them level ; 

 then take up the Roots, and rranf^ 

 plant them mto the Beds, placing 

 them about eight Inches afunder, 

 obferving to put the Roots v^^th 

 their Buds uppermoft, and about 

 four Indies below the Surface. 



This Work fliould be done when 

 the WeatJier is moiflj tor if the 

 R.oots are tranfpiinted in a very 

 dry Scalcn, and there doth nor 

 happen Rain loon after, they will 

 take a Mouldineis, which many 

 times rors them. 



You mutL aUb obferve (as was 

 before directed) to keep the Beds 

 intircly clear trom Weeds : And in 

 Winter, if the Froft fhould be ve- 

 ry icvere, ycu mufc cover them 

 with Peas-haulm, to prevent the 

 [loots from being injured thereby ; 



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And in the Spring you fliould take 

 off the Earth from the Surface of 

 the Beds, as before, laying fome 

 frefli thereon, and fo continue the 

 Summer and Winter's Work, as 

 before. 



The fecond Year after being 

 planted in thefe Beds, the ftrongelt 

 Roots will begin to flower; at 

 which Time, it you obferve any 

 peculiar Varieties, you fhould put 

 down a Stick by each of thole 

 Roots, to mark them j which may 

 be taken up when their Leaves are 

 decay 'd, and remov'd into the Bor- 

 ders of the Flower-Gar4en, or tranl^ 

 planted into other Beds at a greater 

 Dillance, to encourage them to 

 flower flrong. But you can't be a 

 Judge which of thofe will be good 

 by their firil Flowers, therefore 

 you fliould never reject any of 

 them until they have flower'd two 

 or three Years ; for, many times, 

 fome of thefe Flowers will maice 

 but a mean Appearance the firft 

 Year, and afterwards become fair 

 hand ibme Flowers, when they liave 

 obtained Strength ; ib that you 

 Ihould fuffer all fiich, as you arc 

 not aiTurcd of their Worth, to re- 

 main undifturb'd two or three 

 Years, that you may be afcertain'd 

 which of them are worth preferv- 

 ing -y which fhould dc remov'd 

 into the Flower-Garden at a proper 

 Seafon : but the ordinary ones may 

 be reje6ted, or planted in fhady 

 outer Walks, where, tho' they are 

 mean Flowers, yet they will ap^- 

 pear well enough in fuch Places. 



LILIUM CONVALLIUMi Lily 

 of the Valley, or May Lily. 

 The Characters are j 



Jhe I-lower conjijls of one Leaf, if 

 /Ijapd like a Bell, and divided at 

 the Top into fix Segments : The Ova^ 

 ry becomes a foft globular Truitf 

 contfiimng fevsral romd Seeds, 



The 



