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from growing over them. But if 

 the Winter fhould be very fevere, 

 it will be proper to cover the Beds 

 either with Mats or Peaie-haulm, 

 to prevent the Froft from entering 

 the Ground, becaufe theie Roots 

 are much tenderer while young, 

 than they are after they have ac- 

 quired Strength. 



In the Spring the Surface of the 

 Ground fhould be gently flirr'd, to 

 make it clean, before the Plants 

 come up } and if the Spring fhould 

 prove dry, they muft be frequently 

 refrefh'd with Water, during the 

 Time of their Growth j but this 

 muft not be given to them in great 

 Quantities, left it rot their tender 

 Bulbs j and when their Leaves are 

 decay'd, the Weeds fhould be taken 

 off, and the Beds covered with 

 freih Earth, which fliould alfb be 

 repeated again in Autumn. 



In thefe Beds the Bulbs may re- 

 main two Years, during which 

 time they muft be conftantly kept 

 clear from Weeds, and in Spring 

 and Autumn frelh earth'd, in the 

 Manner already direfted j after 

 which the Bulbs muft be taken up, 

 and planted into frefli Beds, at four 

 Inches afunder, and as many deep, 

 where they may remain two Years 

 more, during which time they 

 fliould have the fame Culture as 

 before: And after that, the Bulbs 

 being large enough to blow, they 

 iliould be taken up, and planted in 

 frefli Beds, at the ufiial Diftance, 

 and in the fame manner as old 

 Roots j where, when they flower, 

 fuch of them as are worthy to be 

 preierved fhould be mark'd with 

 Sticks, and at the Seafon for taking 

 up the Bulbs, they muft be fepa- 

 rated from the others, in order to 

 be planted as Breeders, in different 

 Beds, but you fhould by no means 

 throw out the reft, until they Ji^ve 



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flowered two or three Years, be-* 

 caufe it is impolfible to judge 

 exadtly of their Value in lefs Time; 

 for many which at firft flowering 

 do appear beautiful, will afterwards 

 degenerate fo as to be of little 

 Value, and others which did not 

 pleafe at firft, will many times im- 

 prove, fo that they ftiould be pre- 

 ierved until their Worth can be 

 well judged of. 



In this Method many Sorts of 

 new Breeders will be annually rais'd, 

 from which there will always be 

 fine Flowers broken, which being 

 the Produce of a Perfbn's own 

 Sowing, will be greatly valued, be- 

 caufe they are not in other Hands, 

 which is what enhances the Price 

 of all Flowers j and it has been 

 entirely owing to this Method of 

 railing new Flowers, that the Dutch 

 have been lb famous \ amongfc 

 whom the Paflion for fine Julips 

 did fbme time lince reign fb vio- 

 lently, that many of the Florifts 

 near Haerlem, have often given an 

 hundred Ducats for one lingle Root; 

 which Extravagance was the Occa- 

 fion of an Order being made by 

 the States, to limit the utmoft Price 

 that fliould be afterwards given for 

 any Tulip Root, were it ever £6 

 fine. 



Having thus given an Account 

 of the Method of raifing thcfe 

 Flowers from Seeds, I fhall now 

 proceed to the Management of fuch 

 Roots which are term'd Breeders, 

 fo*as to have Ibme of them every 

 Year break out into fine Stripes 



There are Ibme who pretend to 

 have Secrets how to make any Sore 

 of Breeders break into Stripes when- 

 ever they pleafe 5 but this 1 dare 

 fay is without Foundation j tor 

 from many Experiments which I 

 have made in this Kind, I never 

 could find any Certainty of this 



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