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 muft be great care taken not to draw the bulbs 

 out of the ground: for as thefe roots are very 

 fmall, fo they are eafily drawn out with the 

 roots of the weeds, efpecially if the weeds are 

 large, or have taken deep root -, and after this 

 is done, they fhould have a little frefh earth 

 lifted over them : but this muft not be laid too 

 thick, left the roots (hould be buried fo deep as 

 to rot in the ground. 



The end of this month the pots of choice 

 Carnations (hould be placed under cover, where 

 they may be defended from violent rains, fnow, 

 and feverefrofl, all which are enemies to thefe 

 flowers : therefore, if they are planted in fmall 

 halfpenny pots, as was diredled in the month of 

 Auguft, they may be placed very clofe toge- 

 ther, in a garden frame, or upon a bed arched 

 over with hoops, that they may be covered with 

 mats in bad weather j but in mild dry weather 

 they cannot have too much air ; or if thefe pots 

 are plunged either into the ground, or in rotten 

 tan up to their rims, to prevent the froft from 

 penetrating quite through them to the roots of 

 the plants, it will be a more fecure method. 



The pots of choice x^uriculas (hould have 

 their decayed leaves taken off, and the pots 

 muft be laid on one fide, or placed under co- 

 ver, to prevent their receiving too much wet, 



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