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neither in the bud, nor full blowne which you must 

 specially cull and chuse from the rest, then take sand and 

 drie it thoroughly well, and having shallow boxes, make 

 first an even lay of sand, upon which lay your rose-leaves 

 one by one (so as none of them touch other). Set this 

 box in some warme, sunny place in a hot sunny day (and 

 commonly in two hot sunny dayes they will be thorow 

 dry), and thus you may have rose-leaves and other flowers 

 to lay about your basons, windows, etc., all the winter 

 long.' 



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