62 BULBOUS-ROOTED FLOWERS. 



from the parent bulb when taken up after 

 flowering, either annually, as is advifeable io \ 

 all the more curious and capital forts of 

 hyacinths, tulips, anemones andranunculufes, ■ 

 &c. or, the others once in two or three years, j 

 when the ofF-fets arc confiderably encreafed ; ; 

 and the moil proper time for doing this, is ! 

 foon after the roots have done flowering, and ' 

 the leaves and ftalks begin to decay, as the 

 bulbs, &c. have then done growing for a fhort 

 time, and admit of removal without the leaH 

 impediment to their future flowering the fol- j 

 lowing year ; and which period of rei'l or dor- | 

 nant ftate is alfo the only proper time for i 

 taking up all or any of the other Ibrts of bulbs 

 and tuberous roots, where intended, agree- 

 able to the foregoing intimations, both in 

 order to feparate the encreafed oif-fets, and to 

 replant the main roots again in frefh-preparcd 

 beds, borders, and pots, either foon after re- 

 moval, or rather moftly dried and houfed to 

 keep for planting in the following Autumn, or 

 fome retained for Spring planting, though, ia 

 the fcaly bulbs particularly, it is advifable to 

 replant them moftly in Autumn; and the 

 fmall detached ofi:"-fets are advifed to be 

 planted in nurfery-beds, foon after feparated, 

 or early in Autumn : and thefe, after having 

 one or two years growth, will be of proper 

 iise for full flowering. 



The roots of all the forts may be procured ' 

 for planting at the nurferies and feed-lhops ; 

 pnd having obtained a few of each, or of the 



approved 



