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tcr to the Beds, if there fhould 

 no Rain happen in a Fortnight's 

 Time, which is very rare at that 

 Seafon of the Year, fo that they 

 will leldom be in Danger of fuffcr- 

 ing that Way. 



When the Roots are thus plan- 

 ted, there will no more be requi- 

 red until toward the Middle of No- 

 vember, by which Time they will 

 begin to heave the Ground, and 

 their Buds appear, when you fhould 

 lay a little of the fame frelh Earth, 

 of which the Beds were compofed, 

 about an Inch thick all over the 

 Beds, which will greatly defend 

 the Crown of the Root from 

 Froft : And when you perceive the 

 Buds to break through this fecond 

 Covering, if it (hould prove a very 

 haj-d Froft, it will be very proper 

 to arch the Beds over with Hoops, 

 and cover them with Mats, cfpeci- 

 ally in the Spring, when the Flow- 

 er-buds will begin to appear j for 

 if they are ej^pofed to too much 

 Froft or blighting Winds at that 

 Seaibn, their Flowers do Seldom 

 open fairly, and many times the 

 Roots are deftroyed : But this hap- 

 pens more frequently to the Fer- 

 jian Kinds, which are tenderer, 

 than to thefe Sorts, which are 

 pretty hardy j for which Reafon 

 thefe are often planted in open Bor- 

 ders, intermixed with other Flow- 

 ers, though in very hard Winters 

 thefe are apt to fufter, where there 

 is not Care taken to guard off the 

 Froft. 



In the Beginning of March the 

 Flower-ftems will begin to rife, at 

 which Time you Ihould carefully 

 clear the Beds from Weeds, and 

 ftir the Earth vvith your Fingers 

 between the Roots, being very 

 careful not to injure them ; this 

 Will not only make the Beds ap- 

 pear handfome, but sJfo greatly 



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ftrengthen their Flowers. When 

 the Flowers are paft, and the Leaves 

 are withered, you fhould take up 

 the Roots, and carefully clear 'cm 

 from the Earth, then fpread them 

 upon a Mat to dry, in a (had/ 

 Place, after which they may be 

 put up in Bags or Boxes in a dry 

 Room, until the Ociober following, 

 which is the Scafbn for Planting 

 them again. 



Thus having directed how thefe 

 Sorts are to be cultivated, I fhalJ 

 proceed to treat of the Verfmn 

 Kinds, in which I Ihall only men- 

 tion in what Particulars rhele are 

 to be treated different from thofc 

 already mentioned. 



Thefe Flowers are not only pro- 

 pagated by Off-iets from the old 

 Roots, as the former, but are alfo 

 multiplied by Seeds, which the 

 femi-double Kinds do produce in 

 Plenty. Therefore whoever is dc- 

 lirous to have thefe in Perfeftion, 

 fhould annually fow their ^t^\S%y 

 from which new Varieties will be 

 every Ye„r produced,* but in or- 

 der hereto, you fhould be caieful 

 in faving the '^tt^^ or in procu- 

 ring it from fuch Perfons as under- 

 ftand how to fave it ; that is, who 

 will be careful not to leave a- 

 ny Flowers for Seeds, but fiich 

 as have three or four Rows 

 of Petals at Icaft, and are well co- 

 loured ; for fince thele Flowers do 

 increafc £o plentifully, it is not 

 worth the Trouble to fow any in- 

 different Seeds, becaufe there can 

 be but little Hopes of obtaining a- 

 ny good Flowers from fuch ^tzdi^. 



Being prepared with Seeds, a- 

 bout the Middle of Augufty which 

 is the proper Scafbn tor lowing of 

 them, you fhould get fbme large 

 Poti, flat Seed-pans or Boxes (of 

 either as many as you have Seeds 

 to fow) thefe fhould be filled with 



light. 



