TREATING OF CONTRIVANCE 



you intermix their coloures), that is, make a whole 

 bed or ridge of each kind, six rowes in the bed ; the 

 dwarfish maybe eight rowes : thus every thicket of 

 them flowering in their own order will have a great 

 show, and at a great distance. Here also observe 

 uniformity, that is, alike on each hand, for if you 

 have a ridge or bed of July-flowers, or the like, on 

 the one side, plant another thereof at the same place 

 on the other, &c. 



And because flowers must be removed, some in 

 one, two, or three years, and the earth renewed or 

 enriched, and properly prepared, else they degen- 

 erate (because in a length of time they exhaust the 

 substance of the ground, at least that part appro- 

 priate to them), therefore you have a good conven- 

 iency for effectuating the same by these last two 

 models prescribed; for then you will have some beds 

 or squairs where your annuals stood, into which you 

 may re-plant your tulips, anemonies, or the like un- 

 to ; and so another sort where these stood, and your 

 annuals again where these last were : and because 

 here you remove a whole bed or squair of a kind 

 at once, you may very conveniently prepare, delve, 

 stir, beat, sift, and mix it thoroughly with the proper 

 soyl, a thing most necessary; and this you could not 



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