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face, v^hlch will be Allowance 

 enough for their Settling. 



During the Winter Seafbn there 

 will be no farther Care required, 

 ^ the Roots being planted thus deep 

 \. will be in no Danger of fullering 

 \hy Froft ; but in the Spring, when 

 (their Leaves begin to appear above- 

 ground, the Earth, upon the Sur- 

 face of the Beds, fhould be ftirr'd 

 to clear it from Weeds, Mofs, ^c. 

 ar.d when the Flower-buds begin 

 to come up, they Ihould be guarded 

 from Froft. otherwife they are very 

 fubjedf to blight and decay foon 

 after they appear j but they need 

 only be cover'd in fuch Nights 

 when there is a Profpedt of Froft, 

 for at all other Times they ftiould 

 have as much open Air as poflible, 

 without which they will draw up 

 weak, and produce very fmail 

 Flowers. 



When thefe Breeders are in Flow- 

 'Cr, you (hould carefully examine 

 them, to fee if any ot them have 

 broken into beautiful Stripes, which 

 if you obfcrve, there fliould be a 

 Stick put into the Ground, by 

 every fuch Root, to mark 'em, 

 that they may be feparated from 

 the Breeders, to plant amongft the 

 ftrip'd Flowers the following Year j 

 but you fhould carefully obferve 

 whether they have thrown oft their 

 former Colour entirely, as alfo when 

 they decay, to fee if they continue 

 beautiful to the laft, and not ap- 

 pear fmear'd over with the original 

 Colour, in both which Caibs they 

 are very fubjc(3: to go back to their 

 old Colour the next Year j but if 

 their Stripes are diftindt and clear 

 to the Bottom, and continue fb to 

 the laft ("which is what the Florifts 

 call dying well), there is no great 

 Danger of their returning back 

 again, as hath been by Ibme con- 

 fidently reported j for if one of 



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thefc Flowers is quite broken (as 

 it is term'd), it will never lofe its 

 Stripes, though fometimes they will 

 blow much fairer than at others, 

 and the Oft-fets will often be more 

 beautiful than the old Roots. 



There is nothing more to ba 

 obferved in the Culture of ftrip'd 

 Flowers, than what has been dired ed 

 for Breeders, excepting that thefe 

 fhould be arched over with tall 

 Hoops and Rails, that they may be 

 fhaded from the Sun in the Day- 

 time, and protedted from ftrong 

 Winds, hard Rains, and frofty Morn- 

 ings, otherwife the Flowers wili 

 continue but a ftiort Time in Beau- 

 ty; but where thefe Inftrudions 

 are duly follow'd, they may bepre- 

 ferv'd in Flower a full -Month, 

 which is as long as moft other 

 Flowers do continue. 



But after their Flowers are £ided, 

 their Heads fliould be broken oft^, 

 to prevent their feeding; for if this 

 is not obferv'd, they will not flv^wer 

 near fo well the following Year, 

 and this will caule their Sccm^ to 

 decay fooner than otherwife thev 

 would do, fo that their Roots may- 

 be taken up early xnjnne-^ for they 

 fliould not remain m the Ground 

 long after their Leaves are decay 'd. 

 In taking thefe Roots out of the 

 Ground, you muft be very careful 

 not to bruife or cut 'cm, v/hich 

 will endanger their rotting i and, if: 

 polTible, it fl-iould be done" a Day or 

 two after Rain. Thefc Roots muft ; 

 be clear 'd from their old Covers, and 

 all Sorts , of Filth, and Ipread upor^ 

 Mats in a fliady Place to dr\', after 

 which they ftiould be put up in a 

 dry Place, where Vermin can't get 

 to 'em, obfcrving to keep evcrv 

 Sort feparated, but they fhould not 

 be kept too clofe from the Air, 

 nor fuffer'd to lie in Heaps toge- 

 ther, left they fhould grow mouldy, 



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