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tunity. But if done while they are in growth, 

 or after they have emitted frefh fibres in the 

 earth, it is advifeable to plant them again as 

 ibon as poflible ; or even of thofe detached at 

 the proper feafon, of thefe kinds offcaly bulbs, 

 it would be beft, in the fmaller ofF-fets parti, 

 cularly, to plant them Toon after feparation, 

 or the whole planted early in Autumn. 



To obtain new varieties of bulbous and tube- 

 rous-rooted flowers, it is efFefted byrai:'mgtheni 

 from feed, efpecially as from that of fome par- 

 ticular forts, the feedling plants vary exceed- 

 ingly in their flowers, probably not one exadiy 

 like thofe of the mother root, but differ in the 

 colours, manner of their ftripes, tinges, and 

 variegations, &c. in many various ways, and 

 among which new forts may occur that pof- 

 fefs peculiar good properties different from all 

 the preceding parent varieties ; and thus nu- 

 merous new flowers of the reipedive kinds aiip 

 annually acquired by curious florifts, who 

 have patience enough to await their flowering, 

 as the raifing by feed is a very tedious pro- 

 cefs, for from the time of fowing, it will bq 

 three or four to fix or feven years before the 

 roots begin to flower, more particularly hya- 

 cinths aiid tulips, and feldom any forts in lefs 

 than three or four years; and in this bufinefs, 

 the Dutch florifls are famous, who raife more 

 pew varieues t'>an all Europe befides, thougl> 

 many Englifh fioriits alfo raife them in tole- 

 rable pertection and abundance ; the bufinefs 

 appears tedious at the f.rft fet ofl^; but by 

 continuing to fow fome ammally, the plants 



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