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planted in a flmdy Situation ; and 

 if they are too much expos'd to 

 the Afternoon Sun, they will be 

 hurry'd out of their Beauty very 

 foonj and the ftrong Winds ulu- 

 ally coming from the Wefi and 

 SoHth-Wefi Points, they will be ex- 

 pos'd to the Fury of them, which 

 frequently is very injurious to them. 

 But you fliould not plant them un- 

 der a Wall, or any other clofe 

 Fence ; for that will reflect the 

 H«it too greatly upon the Flov/- 

 ers, and alio draw them up with 

 weak Stems, fo that they will not 

 flower fo flrong, nor continue fo 

 long in Beauty. 



Having made choice of a pro- 

 per Situation, you mufl then pro- 

 ceed to prepare the Earth necelTa- 

 ry to plant them in ; for if the 

 natural Soil of the Place be very 

 ftrong, or poor, it will be proper 

 to make the Border of new Earth, 

 removing the former Soil away a- 

 bout a Foot deep. The beft Earth 

 for thefe Fiowers is a freil:! light 

 hazle Loam, mix'd up with a lit- 

 tle very rotten Dung, or Tan s 

 this fliould be well mix'd together, 

 and often turn'd over, in order to 

 fweeten it : Then having remov'd 

 away the old Earth at leaft a Foot 

 deep, you fl:iould put a Laying ot 

 rotten Dung or Tan in the Bot- 

 tom about two Inches thick, upon 

 which you mud lay fome or the 

 preparc.1 Earth about four Inches 

 thick, making it exa£^ly level j 

 then having mark'd out by Line 

 the exact Dillances which the 

 Roots are to be planted (which 

 iliould not be lefs than four or five 

 Inches fquare) you muft place the 

 Roots acrordin':rlv, obfervin^r to 

 ict them upright \ then you niud 

 cover them over with the betore- 

 ir.cntion'd Earth about fix Inches 

 deep, being very carcfu', in doing 



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of it, not to difplace the Roots: 

 When this is done, you muft rake 

 the Surface of the Border even, 

 and make up the Side ftrait, which 

 will appear handfome. 



The beft Time tor planting thcfe 

 Roots is in Augufl ; for if they are 

 kept too long out of the Ground, 

 it will caufe their Flowers to be 

 very weak. You fliould alio ob^ 

 ferve the Nature of the Soil where 

 they are planted, and, whether the 

 Situation be wet or dry, according 

 to which you fhould adapt the 

 frefti Earth, and order the Beds; 

 for if the Soil be very ftrong, and 

 the Situation moift, you fhould 

 then make choice of a light Earth, 

 and raife the Beds fix or eight In- 

 ches above the Level of the Ground, 

 otherwife the Roots will be in 

 danger of perifliing by too much 

 Wet: But if the Situation be dry, 

 and the Soil naturally light, you 

 fliould then allow the Earth to be 

 a little ftrongcr ; And the Beds 

 iliould not be rais'd above three In- 

 ches high 5 for if they are made too 

 high, the Roots will fuffer very 

 much, if the Spring fliould prove 

 dry, nor would the Flowers be 

 near fb fair. 



Toward the Middle of Ochber^ 

 if the Weeds have grown upon the 

 Beds, you iliould, in a dry Day, 

 gently hoe the Surface of the 

 Ground, to deftroy them, obfer- 

 ving to rake it over fniooth again : 

 After which, they will require no 

 farther Care till the Spring, when 

 their Leaves will appear above- 

 ground, at which Time you iliould 

 gently ftir the Surface of the Earth, 

 with a fmall Trowel, being very 

 careful not to injure the Leaves of 

 the P:ants, and rake it fmooth 

 with your Hands, clearing oft all 

 Weeds, cS^f. which, if lb fter'd to 

 remain at that Seaibn; v/ill icon 



grow 



