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they will draw up weak. In this manner they 

 may be much better preferved, than if they 

 were planted out at firft into the pots where 

 they are to remain for blowing, becaufe they 

 will fiand in a fixth part of the compafs ; and 

 in the fpring they maybe turned out of the 

 fmall pots with the earth to their roots, where-- 

 by they will not receive any check, and placed 

 Into larger pots to flower. But thcfe Carnati- 

 ons, Pinks, and Sweet Williams, which arede- 

 figned for the borders of the pleafure-garden> 

 .fhould be now planted in beds in the flower- 

 nurfery, to remain till th^ middle 6f October, 

 when you mufl dig the borders of the pleafure- 

 garden, a::d new plant them : at which time 

 thefe may be taken up with a ball of earth to 

 their roots, and planted in the borders with 

 other flowers. 



You may now tliifc your choice Auriculas 

 into frefn rich earth, obferving to clear them 

 from dead leaves, and place them in a fliady 

 fituation until they have taken root : this fredi 

 earth will ftrengthen the plants greatly, and im- 

 prove their flowers the following fpring. 



You may yet remove the roots of bulbous 

 Irifes, Fritiliarias, and Hyacinths of Peru ; and 

 alfo the roots of Lilies, Martagons, Crown Im- 

 perials, Pii^onias, and Flag Irifes, whofe leaves 

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