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light, fandy, rich Earth, levelling 

 the Surfice very even 5 then fow 

 the Seeds thereon pretty thick, and 

 cover it about a Quarter of an 

 Inch thick with the fame hght 

 Earth j after which you fliould re- 

 in®ve thefe Pots into a fliaJy Situ- 

 ation, where they may have the 

 Mornn^ Sun until ten of the 

 Clock i and if the Seaion fliould 

 prove dry^ you muft often rcfrefh 

 'em with Water, being very care- 

 ful in doing of this,^ fo as not to 

 wafh the Seeds out of the Ground. 

 In this Situation the Pots fhould 

 remain until the Beginning of Ocia- 

 her, by which Time the Plants 

 will begin to come up (though 

 ibmetimes the Seeds will remain in 

 the Ear.h until November, before 

 the Plants appeir) when you Ihould 

 remove the Pois into a more opjn 

 Expofure, wheie they may have 

 full Sun, which at that Time is 

 neceflary to exhale the Moifture of 

 the Earth i but toward the Midd.e of 

 November, when you are apprehcn- 

 five of Froil, the Pots fl^ou d be re- 

 moved under a common Hot- bed 

 Frame, where they may be cover- 

 ed with the Glalles in the Night- 

 time and in bad Weather, but in 

 the Day, when the Weather is 

 mild, they fhould be entirely open- 

 ed, otherwife the Plants will draw 

 up too weak: the only Danger 

 they are in, is from violent Rains 

 and Frofts, the firft ohen rotting 

 the tender Plants, and the Froft 

 will often turn them out of the 

 Ground, therefore they Ihould be 

 carefully guarded againft both of 

 thefe. 



In the Spring, as the Seafon 

 grows warm, fo thefe Pots fhould 

 be expos'd to the open Air, pla- 

 cing them at firft near the Shelter 

 of a Hedge, to protect them from 

 the cold Windsj but towards the 



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latter End of March, or the Begin* 

 ning of April, they fhould be re- 

 mov'd again into a more fliady Si- 

 tuation, according to the Warmth 

 of the Seaion; and if it fliould 

 prove dry, they muft be fome- 

 times refrefli'd with Water ; but 

 you fliould be careful not to give 

 it to 'em in great Quantities, which 

 is very apt to rot theie tender 

 Roots : and in the Middle or latter 

 End of April, they fliould be plac'd 

 where they may have only the 

 Morning Sun : in which Place they 

 may remain till their Leaves de- 

 cay : when they may be taken out 

 of the Earth, and the Roots dry'd 

 in a fliady Place i after which they 

 may be put up in Bags, and pre- 

 ferv'd in a dry Place until the Oclo- 

 her following i when they muft be 

 planted in the Manner before di- 

 rcdfed for the old Roots. 



The Spring following, thefe 

 Roots will flower i at which time 

 you fliouid carefully mark fuch of 

 them as are worthy to be pre- 

 ferv'd : and the fmgle or bad-co- 

 lour'd Flowers may be puH'd up 

 and thrown away, which is the fu- 

 reft Method of removing them 

 from the good Sorts j for if they 

 are permitted to remain together 

 until their Leaves decay, there may 

 be fome Off-fets of the bad Sorts 

 mix'd with the good Flowers. 

 You fhould not fufter thofe Flow- 

 ers which you intend to blow fine 

 the fuccetrding Year, to bear Seeds, 

 but cut oft' the Flowers when they 

 begin to decay ; for thofe Roots 

 which have produc'd Seeds, do fel- 

 dom flower well afterwards, nor 

 will the principal old Root, which 

 has flower'd ftrong, ever blow fo 

 fair as will the Oft-iets, which is 

 what ftiould be principally obferv'd, 

 when a Perfon purchafes any of 

 thefe Roots? and a great Part of 



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