Book I. FLOR 4. 
Wood, are to be covered with Plates full of holes: with this Pump, 
being put into. a Pail or Cowl of water, you may foon water a whole 
Garden, but the chiefeft ufe of itis, to eject, water up into Wall- 
trees to wath away Mill-dews, Caterpillars, and other noifom ver- 
min, asalf@to caufe the Fruits in hot and dry feafons to betairer, 
and to ripen much the better, 
And iow, becaufe laying of Branches , plancin by Cuttings, 
Budding,and the Hot Bed, are often mentioned in va ollowing Di- 
rections, it will be neceffary, for the avoiding of Repetition, in chis 
place to inform fuch as are to learn how thefe fevetal Operations are 
to be performed, 
And firft for the laying of Giliflowers, make choice of fueh Slips 
as are fttongeft and fittelt to lay, prune the fides and ends of the top- 
leaves, and under the middlemoft joyat cut the ftalk half through, 
and flitthe fame upwards to the next joynt 5 make a hole in the 
Earth fomething wide, and gently bend it down thereinto with a 
(mall hooked ftick to keep it from rifing, then turn upthe head of 
‘the Slip that the flic may open, in which pofture hold it with. one 
handand earth it up wit the other, ‘oni it down to keep the 
Slip upright ; laftly water it., Now there are fome good Slips thac, 
grow fo far from the ground that they cannot be laid therein inthis 
ele afeok & with a flit inthe one fide, through 
which we draw the prepared Slip into the Pot, holding it down, and 
covering the flit with a thin plate of Lead provided for the purpofes 
bending the upper_end over the, edge of the Pot to ftay it, turning, 
up the Slip, and filling the Pot with fine rich Earth preffed down 
to keep it from rifing, Thefe mB Pots, and all other Slips laid, 
muft be often watered, which will caufe them to get.toots the foon- 
er, The beft time fer laying of Giliflowers is from the middle of 
Fune to. the fame time in Faly ; the fooner the better; provided 
the Slips be well grown, hard enough to endure cuttiig and bending. . 
down; An the beginnin of September you may take them off with 
Earthabout them, and fet them in Beds or Pots filled wich good 
Earth before. prepared ; place, thefe Pots in the fhade, and fome- 
times gently water them, but take heed of roo much wet, left itrot 
the {mall fibres, and fo deftroy the young Plants , which, for pre- 
vention of great Rains, oug be to be fheltered with a fhelf of t 
Boards provided for the purpofe, which place not toowieat them, that 
Now for the la ine of Rofes, Ga mines, freens, and other wood 
Plants, after deena spaces y Layets, make choice of fiche 
Shoots of the fame year are beft,and root fooneft; cut it half through 
2 blunt-pointed Awl, in divers places about the flic take off 
the tops of all laid Plants except Greens, then make a wide hole to 
Sone | D2 hook 
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