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ing Plants, they afford an agreeable 

 Variety. 



The eleventh and twelfth Sorts 

 are Varieties which were produc'd 

 from Seeds of the former j but the 

 Jaft is, at prefent, very rare in Eng- 

 land. Thefe may be propagated by 

 parting their Roots at Michaelmas y 

 and fhould be planted on a ftrong 

 Soil, and expos'd to the Morning- 

 Sun. 



The feveral Varieties of Polyan- 

 thus's are produc'd by fowing of 

 Seeds, which Ihould be fav'd from 

 fuch Flowers as have good Pro- 

 perties, i, e. fuch as have large up- 

 right Stems, producing many Flow- 

 ers upon a Stalk, the Flowers large, 

 beautifully ftrip'd, and that open flat: 

 From the Seeds of fuch Flowers, 

 there is room to hope for a great 

 Variety of good Sorts. 



Thefe Seeds fliould be ix)wn in 

 Boxes fill'd with light rich Earth, in 

 December y being very careful not to 

 bury the Seed to deep, for if it be 

 only cover'd with light Earth it 

 will be fufficient : Thefe Boxes 

 (liould be plac'd where they may 

 receive the Benefit of the Morning- 

 Sun until ten of the Clock, but 

 mull: by no means be expos'd to 

 the Heat of the Day, efpecially when 

 the Plants begin to appear, for at 

 that time one whole Day's Sun will 

 intirely deftroy them : In the Spring, 

 if the Seafon ihould prove dry, you 

 muft often refrefh them with Wa- 

 ter; and as the Heat increafes, fo 

 you fliould remove the Boxes more 

 in the Shade, for the Heat is very 

 injurious to them. 



In May thefe Plants will be ftrong 

 enough to plant out ; at which 

 time you fliould prepare fome fliady 

 Borders, which fliould be made 

 rich} upon which you muft fet the 

 Plants about four Inches afunder, 

 pbferving to v>/ater them until they 



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have taken Root ; after which they 

 will require no farther Care but to 

 keep them clear from Weeds, until 

 the latter End ol Augufi 'ioWowingi 

 when you fliould prepare fbme Bor- 

 ders, which are expos'd to the Eaft, 

 with good light rich Earth, into 

 which you muft tranfplant your 

 Folyanthus's, placing them fix Inches 

 afunder equally in Rows, obierving, 

 if the Seafon proves dry, to water 

 them until they have taken Root. 

 In thefe Borders your Plants will 

 flower the fucceedlng Spring ; at 

 which time you muft obferve to 

 mark fuch of them which are fine, 

 to preierve, and the reft may be 

 tranlplanted into WilderneflTes, and 

 other fliady Places in the Garden ; 

 where, although they are not very 

 valuable Flowers, they will afford 

 an agreeable Variety. 



Thofe which you intend to pre- 

 ferve, may be removed fbon after 

 they have done flowering (provided 

 you do not intend to fave Seeds 

 from them) and may be then part- 

 ed and traniplanted into a frefh 

 Border qf the like rich Earth, al- 

 lowing them the lame Diftance as 

 before j obferving alfb to water 

 them until they have taken Root, 

 after which they will require no 

 farther Care, but only to keep them 

 clean from Weeds ; and the follow- 

 ing Spring they will produce ftrong 

 Flowers,- and if the Kinds are good, 

 will be little inferior to a Shew ofc 

 Auricula* s. 



Thefe Roots fliould be conftantly 

 removed and parted every Year, 

 and the Earth of the Border changed, 

 otherwife they will degenerate and 

 lofe the greateft Part of their 

 Beauty. 



If you intend to fave Seeds, 

 which is the Method to obtain a 

 great Variety, you muft mark fuch 

 •f them, whick, as I faid before, 



have 



