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 great fervice in fweetening and mellowing the 

 ground, and then it will be always ready for 

 fowing and planting. 



Tranfplant Canterbury Bells, French Ho- 

 neyfuckles, Daifes, Role Campions, Fox- 

 gloves, Pinks, Sweet- Williams, Perennial 

 Catchfly, Double Ragged Robins, Bachelors- 

 buttons, Gentianellas, Hepaticas, Campanulas, 

 Thrift, Scarlet Lychnis, Columbines, Star- 

 worts, Golden-rods, with many other fibrous- 

 rooted plants, into the borders of your pleafure- 

 garden, where they are defigned to flower 3 but 

 this is better if performed in Odtober, efpeci- 

 ally where the ground is dry, becaufe the plants 

 will have taken root, and obtained ftrength, 

 before the dry weather of the fpring comes on, 

 fo will produce a greater quantity of flowers, 

 and will not require watering in dry weather. 



In dry frofly nights you muft cover your 

 beds of choice Ranunculufes, Anemonies, and 

 Tulips, with mats, to protefl: them from the 

 injury of the weather ; otherwife they will be 

 in danger of fpoiling, at leaft their flowers 

 will not be fo fair, nor numerous j and many 

 times the roots are deftroyed by frofts at this 

 feafon. Where this is not pradtifed, the froft 

 often pinches the buds of th& forward Ane- 

 monies, fo as to deftroy the middle of the 

 6 flowers, 



