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putting a good layer of old manure at the bottom; 

 for the tubers send their fine fibres to no less depth 

 when they are so encouraged; and it is by getting 

 deep root, and finding nourishment, that they are 

 beyond the reach of drought and able to expand so 

 large a blossom. It is indispensable to this plant, 

 its fibres being like silk threads, to have a soil not 

 only free but finely pulverized with frost; and to 

 be set as early as the ground can be got dry 

 namely, in February or March, in order to have 

 its roots well down before the heat of April and 

 May. Plant in small drills, four inches by three, 

 and giving not more than one inch of covering to 

 the tubers. Weeding must be done with the hand. 

 When the foliage withers, the roots may be taken 

 up in dry weather, and kept in a box to prevent 

 shrivelling. 



Rocket Of which there are two fine varieties, 

 the double white, and double purple. They require 

 cultivation, of which they are well worthy, being 

 remarkable in their mingled colours both for showy 

 appearance and sweetness of perfume. If allowed 

 to remain permanently in the ground without trans- 

 planting they will certainly die; and by timeous 

 transplanting and parting the roots they will last 

 long without a renovation from cuttings. The 

 mode of rearing from slips may be exactly taken 

 from that given in the article Lychnis. 



Rose Of which there may be three hundred, or, 

 with future care, any number of varieties. For 

 beauty, odour, and long succession, there is nothin^ 



