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clofe together, efpecially if they are 

 imallj but thefe fliould be taken up 

 when their Leaves decay, in the 

 iame manner as the blowing Roots, 

 othcrwiie they would rot, if the 

 Seafon fliould prove very wet, for 

 thefe are not fo hardy as the late 

 Blowers, nor do they increafe half 

 fo faft as thofe, fo that a greater 

 Care is required to preferve the 

 Off-fets of them. 



When thefe Tulips come up in 

 the Spring, the Earth upon the 

 Surface of the Borders fhould be 

 gently ftirr'd and clear'd from 

 Weeds, and as the Buds appear, if 

 the Seafon fhould prove very fc- 

 vere, it will be of great Service to 

 cover them with Matsj for want 

 of which many times they are 

 blighted, and their Flowers decay 

 before they blow, which is often 

 injurious to their Roots, as is alfb 

 the cropping of the Flowers fo 

 ibon as they are blown, becaufe 

 their Roots, which are form'd new 

 every Year, are not at that time 

 arriv'd to their full Magnitude, and 

 are hereby depriv'd of their pror 

 per Nourifhment. 



If when thefe Flowers are blown, 

 the Scaibn fhould prove very warm, 

 it will be proper to fhade them 

 with Mats, 0*c. in the Heat of the 

 Pay i as alfo if the Nights are fro- 

 iiy, they ftiould be in like manner 

 4rovered, whereby they may be pre- 

 ferved a long time in Beauty ; but 

 when their Flowers are decay'd, 

 and the Secd-veffels begin to fwell, 

 they (liould be broken off jufr at 

 the Top of the 5'raik:s, becaufe if 

 they are perjmitted to feed, it will 

 injure th- Roors. 



When the Leaves of thefe Flov/- 

 £vs are decay'd (which will be be- 

 fore the lare Blowers arc out of 

 Flower) their Roots ftould be ta- 

 ktu upj and fprcad upon Mats in 



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a fhady Place to dry ,• after which 

 they fhould be clear'd from their 

 Filth, and put up in a dry Place, 

 where the Vermin cannot come 

 to them, until the Seafon for plant- 

 ing them again, being very care- 

 ful to preferve every Sort feparate, 

 that you may know how to dif^ 

 pofe of them at the Time for plant- 

 ing them again 5 becaufe it is the 

 better Way to plant all the Roots 

 of each Sort together (and not to 

 intermix them, as is commonly 

 praftis'd in mofl: other Kinds of 

 Flowers) for as there are few of 

 them which blow at the fame 

 Time, fo when the feveral Roots 

 of one Sort are fcatter'd thro* a 

 whole Border, they make but an 

 indifferent Appearance i whereas 

 when twenty or thirty Roots of 

 the fame Sorts are placed toge- 

 ther, they will all flower at the 

 fame Time, and afford a more a- 

 greeable Profpedl. 



There are many curious Perfbns, 

 who, in order to preferve their fe- 

 veral Kinds of Tulips y and other 

 bulbous-rooted Flowers feparate* 

 have large flat Boxes made, which 

 are divided in feveral Parts by fmali 

 Partitions, each of which is num- 

 bred in the fame manner as the 

 Divifions of their Beds ; fo that 

 when a Catalogue of their Roots is 

 made, and the Numbers fix'd to 

 each Sort in the Beds, there is no- 

 thing more to do when they take 

 up their Roots, but to put every 

 Kind into the Divifion markd with 

 the lame Number which was 

 placed to each Sort in the Bed, 

 which laves a great deal of Trou- 

 ble in making frefli Marks every 

 Time the Roots are taken up, and 

 effectually anfwers the Purpofc of 

 prefer ving the Kinds feparate. 



The feveral Sorts of thefe early- 

 blowing Tulips do rife to different 



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