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Having fav'd a Parcel oi good 

 Seed, about the Beginning of Sep- 

 tember is the bcft Seafon tor fow- 

 mg it i when there fhould be pro- 

 vided a Parcel of fhallow Seed -Pans 

 or Boxes, which fliould have Holes 

 in their Bottoms to let the Moi- 

 fture pafs off: Thefe muft be fill'd 

 with frefh, fandy Earth, laying the 

 Surface very even, upon which the 

 Seeds fhould be fown as regularly as 

 pofllble, fo that they may not lie 

 upon each other, then there fhould 

 be ibme of the fame light, fandy 

 Earth fitted over 'em, about half 

 an Inch thick. Thefe Boxes or 

 Fans ibould be placed where they 

 may have the Morning- Sun 'till 

 eleven of the Ciock, in which Si- 

 tuation they may remain until Ocio- 

 bcr\ at which time they Ihould be 

 removM into a more open Situa- 

 tion, where they may enjoy the 

 Bcneht of the Sun all the DiV, and 

 be fhelter'd from the North Winds, 

 where they fliould remain during 

 the Winter Scalbn ■■> but in the 

 Spring, when the Plants are up, 

 they ihould be again removed to 

 their tirrt Situation, and if the Sea- 

 ion fliould be dry, they muft be 

 refrefh'd with Water, while the 

 Plants remain green, but as fbon as 

 their Tops begin to decay, there 

 mull: be no more given them, left 

 ic IOC their render Bulbs i therefore 

 the Boxes ibould be placed in a 

 ilsady Situation during the Summer 

 Seaion, but not under the Drip oi 

 Trees. 



Tiiefe Plants at their firft Ap- 

 pearance have very narrow Grally 

 Leaves, very like thofe of Onions, 

 and do come up with bending 

 Heads, in the fame manner as they 

 do, (o that Perions v/ho are unac- 

 quainted with them, may pull 'em 

 up inftead of Grafs, whiift they 

 are very voung, before their Leaves 



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are a little more expanded, which 

 is rarely perform'd the firft Year; 

 for they feldom appear before the 

 Middle of March, and they com- 

 monly decay about the latter End 

 of May or the Beginning of yune, 

 according as the Seafon is hotter 

 or colder. 



The Weeds and Mofs fhould alio 

 be clear'd off from the Surface of 

 the Earth in the Boxes, and a little 

 freib Earth fifted over 'em foon 

 after their Leaves decay, which 

 will be of great Service to the 

 Roots J thefe Boxes fliould be con- 

 ftantly kept clear from Weeds, 

 which if permitted to grow there- 

 in, when they are pulled up, their 

 Roots will be apt to draw the 

 Bulbs out of the Ground ; at Mi- 

 chaelmas they fhould be frefh earth'd 

 again, and as the Winter comes on, 

 lb they mull be again removed 

 into the Sun as before, and treated 

 in the fame manner, until their 

 Leaves decay in the Spring, when 

 their Bulbs iliould be carefully taken 

 up, and planted in Beds of frefli, 

 landy Earth, which fliould have 

 Tiles laid under them, to prevent 

 the Roots from (hooting down- 

 ward, which they often do when 

 there is nothing to flop 'em, and 

 thereby they are dcftroy'd. The 

 Earth of thefe Beds fliould be about 

 five Inches thick upon the Tiles, 

 which will be fufficient for nou- 

 riflimg thefe Roots v/hile they are 

 young. 



The Diftjnce which theic young 

 Bulbs fhould be allow'd, need not 

 be more than two Inches, nor 

 fliould they be planted above two 

 Inches deep j but toward the End 

 of Ocioher, it will be proper to cover 

 the Beds over with a little frefh 

 Earth, about an Inch deep, which 

 Vv'ill prefcrve the Roots from the 

 Froll, and prevent Mofs or Weed.^ 



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