FiEOR. 4 Book I. 
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being had in readinefs,ana applied + ith ¢ ble Pla 
Flowers, whofe Defcriptions hereafrer follow, by the Rules thére 
rdo ry be increafed, preferved,and kept in their beft perfe@ion, 
c. 
“oT he convenience of Water to thefe Gardens is very confiderable, 
and if it be tobe drawn or pumped out of a Well, a Ciftermis necef- 
fary, which filled, and let ftand in the Sun two or three days, willbe 
fic to waterany young or tender Plane whatfoever: for which pur- 
pofe you fhould have three Watering-pots, one of the Ordinary fa- | 
fhion of Tin or white Iron, with aHead full of fmall holes s another . 
with aPipe onely to let out the water; athird of Earth, ‘with a 
fimall reeks and many {mall holesin the bottom: the firtt is to water 
Plants in Somer 5 the fecond to water Pots with rank water; where- 
in the dung of Sheep, Pigeons or Poulerey hath been imbibed, that 
it may be put tothe Roots of Gidiflowers, and other houfed Plants, 
without wetting or ftaining the Leaves or Branches ;_ the third being © 
put intoiwater will fillfrom the bottom, which will ftay in fo long 
- as you ftop out the air with your Thamb at the top; this fitly ferveth 
to water young and tender: Seedlings of Auricula, and {uch like, 
without wathing the “Earth from them for by the motion of your 
Thumb you may-caufe the water to fall gently upon them, more or 
lefs, ‘as youthall defire, Tt isalfo neceffary to have a fmall Pamp; 
cither of Wood or white Iron, about a yard long, with a Sucker and. 
Sweep like ordinary Pumps, onely the lower end, and alfo the hole 
inthe end of the Pipe from whence the water iffueth, if made of 
wh, | | Wood, 
