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over every thing that grows near 

 it. Thele do all produce hand- 

 fome double Flowers, which con- 

 tinue long in Beauty, and afford 

 an agreeable Variety, and being 

 hardy, are worthy of a Place in 

 every good Garden. 



The other Sorts were originally 

 brought from Turkey, and were 

 formerly in great Efteem in Eng- 

 Undy but of late Years there have 

 been introduced many other Sorts 

 of a different Kind, from Terfiay 

 amongft which are many with 

 femi-double Flowers, which pro- 

 duce Seeds, from which there are 

 fuch prodigious Varieties of new 

 Flowers annually obtain'd, which 

 are ib large, and of fuch Variety 

 of beautiful Colours, as to exceed 

 all other Flowers of that Seafon, 

 and even vie with the moft beau- 

 tiful Carnations : Thele are, many 

 of them, finely fccnted, and the 

 Roots, w^hen llrong, do generally 

 produce eight, ten or twelve Flow- 

 ers upon each, which fucceeding 

 each other, do continue in Beauty 

 a full Month, or longer, according 

 to the Heat of the Sealbn, or the 

 Care taken to defend them from 

 the Injuries of the Weather j all 

 which excellent Qualities have ren- 

 der'd them fo valuable, that the 

 old Sorts here-named are almofl 

 difregarded, except in fome old 

 Gardens i but however, as they are 

 ftill prefer ved by fome Perfbns, £o 

 I fhall briefly let down their Ma- 

 nagement, before I proceed to that 

 of the new Kinds, which mufl: be 

 treated in a different Manner from 

 thefe. 



All thefe very double Flowers 

 do never produce Seeds, {o that 

 they are only multiplied by Off- 

 fets from their Roots, which they 

 generally produce in good Plenty, 

 |f planted in a good Soil, and duly 



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attended in Winter. The Seafon 

 for planting their Roots is any 

 time in October, for if they are 

 planted Iboner, they are apt to 

 come up in a fhort Tmie, and 

 grow pretty rank before Winter, 

 whereby they will be in greater 

 Danger of fuffering by Froil j and if 

 they are planted much later, they 

 will be in Danger of perifhing 

 under-ground ; fo that if you keep 

 them out ol' the Ground any longer 

 than the Beginning of November^ 

 it will be the better Way to defer 

 the Planting of them 'till the latter 

 End ijiJmHMj, or the Beginning 

 of February, after the great Froils 

 are pall. 



The Beds in which thefe Roots 

 are planted, Ihould be made with 

 frefh, light, landy Earth, at leall a 

 Foot deep : The bell Soil for thefe 

 Roots may be composed in the fol- 

 lowing Manner, viz.. Take a Quan- 

 tity of frefli Earth trom a rich up- 

 land Pafture, about fix Inches deep, 

 together with the Green-fwardj 

 this fhould be laid in a Heap to rot 

 for twelve Months before it is ufed, 

 obfervingtoturn it over very often, 

 to fweeten it, and break the Clods; 

 to this you Ihould add a propor- 

 tionable Quantity of Sea or Drift 

 Sand, according as the Earth is 

 lighter or ftiffer ; if it be light and 

 inclining to a Sand, one Load of 

 Sand will be fufficient for four 

 Loads of Earth ; but if the Earth 

 is flrong and heavy, the Sand 

 Ihould be mix'd in equal Quantity 

 therewith; but you fhould often 

 turn it over, in order to unite their 

 Parts well together, before it is put 

 into the Beds. 



The Depth which this Ihould be 

 laid in the Beds (as was before faid) 

 muff be about a Foot, this Ihould 

 be below the Surface, in Propor- 

 tion to the Drynefs or Moifture of 



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