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Heights in their Stems, Co that 

 fcarcely any two of them do flower 

 to an equal Height. The Duke Van 

 Toll being one of the firft that ap- 

 pears in the Spring, is generally 

 very fhort ftalk'd, and fo the other 

 Sorts in Proportion to their Earli- 

 nefs, are Ihorter than thofe which 

 facceed them; and the late-blowing 

 Kinds are all of them conliderably 

 longer in their Stems than any of 

 the Frticoces, or Early-blowers; Co 

 that when they are confuledly 

 mix'd together they make a very 

 indifferent Appearance. 



The late blowing Tulips are fo 

 numerous, that, as I before obferv'd, 

 it would be to no Purpofe to at- 

 tempt to make a Catalogue of them. 

 Thefc are generally obtained from 

 Breeders, which is a Term apply'd 

 to all fuch Flowers as are produc'd 

 from Seeds, w^hich are of one Sclt- 

 colour, and have good Bottoms and 

 Chives : Thefe do, in Time, break 

 into various beautiful Stripes, ac- 

 cording to the Ground of their 

 former Self- colour : But this mufl: 

 be intirely throws off, otherwile 

 they don't efteem a Flower well 

 broke. 



Of thefe Breeders there hath been 

 a great Variety brought into En^- 

 Idml from Flamkrs of late Years, 

 which is the grand Nurfery for 

 mofl Sorts of Bulbous-rooted Flow- 

 ers ; but there are Ibme curious 

 Perlbns who have lately obrain'd 

 many valuable Breeders from Seeds 

 fown in England : And doubtlefs 

 were we as mduftrious to fow the 

 Seeds of thefe Flowers, as the People 

 of France and Flanders, we might 

 in a few Years have as great a Va- 

 riety as is to be found m any Part 

 ot' Europe : For altho' it is iix or 

 leven Years from the lowing before 

 the Flowers do blow, yet if after 

 the hiH lowing there is every Year 



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a frefh Parcel Town, when the feven 

 Years are expir'd, there will be 

 conftantly a Succeflion of Roots to 

 flower every Year, which will re- 

 ward the Expectation, and keep up 

 the Spirit ot Railing : But it is the 

 Lengrh of Time at firft, which 

 deters moft People from the Be- 

 ginning of this Work, 



The Manner of propagating thefe 

 Flowers from Seeds, is as follows : 

 I. You Ihould be careful in the 

 Choice of the Seed, withouc which 

 there can be little Succefs expedfed. 

 The heft Seed is that which is 

 iaved from Breeders which have all 

 the good Properties before related ; 

 for the Seeds of ftrip'd Flowers do 

 feldom produce any thing that is 

 valuable. 



The beft Method to obtain eood 

 Seeds, is to make Choice of a Parcel 

 of fuch breeding Tulip Roots as you 

 would fave Seeds from, and plant 

 'em in a feparate Bed from the 

 Breeders, in a -Part of the Garden 

 where they may be fully expofed to 

 the Sun, obferving to plant them 

 at leaft nine Inches deep ; for if 

 they are planted too fliallow, their 

 Stems are apt to decay before the 

 Seed is perfected. 



Theic Flowers ftiould always be 

 expofed to the Weather; for if they 

 are ihaded with Mats, or any other 

 Covering, it will prevent their per- 

 fecting the Seed. About the Middle 

 of July (a little fooner or later, as 

 the Summer is hotter or colder), 

 the Seeds will be fit to gather, 

 which may be known by the Dry- 

 neis of their Siaiks, and the Open- 

 ing of the Seed-veflels, at which 

 Tune it may be cut off, and pre- 

 ferved in the Pods until the Seafon 

 for fov/ing it, being careful to put 

 it up in a dry Place, otherwile it 

 will be fubjcd to mould, which 

 Will render it good for little. 



Having 



