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 this is not done in time, the flower leaves will 

 come all out on one fide of the pod, and render 

 them ill fiiaped. You muft alfo guard them 

 from infedls, efpecially ants and earwigs, which 

 will deftroy them in a fliort time if thev can 

 come to them ; the flowers fliould alfo be co- 

 vered with glafles, bafons,or oiled paper, to keep 

 08* the wet, and the fcorching heat of the fun. 

 But in all this, there muft be great diligence in 

 managing them according to the temperature 

 of the feafon, where perfons would excel in the 

 largenefs and beauty of their flowers 3 therefore, 

 the large Carnations are not fo proper for per- 

 fons who have much other bufinefs on their 

 hands, but rather for thofe who wantfomefuch 

 eafy employment to divert themfelves. 



You may now increafe the Double Scarlet 

 Lychnis, by planting cuttings of the flov/er- 

 ftems, each of which lliould have three or four 

 joints; two or three of which fliould be put into 

 the ground, and the other left above ground : 

 thefe mufl: be put in a fliadyborder of light fiefli 

 earth, obferving to refrefh them with water ac- 

 cording to the drought of the feafon 5 and if 

 thefe cuttings are clofely covered with hand- 

 glaffes, they will more certainly take root. 



Toward the Jatter end of this month you 



may take oft the layers of Pinks^ Carnations, 



0^2 Sweet 



