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caufe them to continue long in ower, This tilt or canvas covering — 
may be taken off before the time of flowering in fair days, and to’ 
retrefh them with fome gentle fhowers,but kept covered in the nights. 
and when fully blown, give them not above an hours Sun in the mor- 
ning and as much in the evening, if the feafon be hor, ocherwife they 
will endure more, 
As for the more ordinary forts of Tulips that are fet in borders, or 
fpaces in knots,and no account kept of them, fuch, if the ground be 
good when they are fet, may ftand two years without taking up, but 
not longer, in refpeét the off-fets that rifefrom them, will caufe 
thie Aowers to be {mall and weak , and all the nourifhment proper 
tothis Planeexhaufted, fo that before they are fet again in the fame 
place, the earth muft be changed for that whichis frefh, 
After the flowers are faln, break off the head or feed-veffel from 
the ftalk of every flower, unlefs of fuch you referve for feed, which 
will caufe them to dry down the fooner, and alfo fortifie the roots, 
Although the roots of Tudips are for the moft part hardy, and of 
long continuance, yet femetimes fome of the beft kinds will be in- 
fected with difeafes, notwithftanding our greateft diligence and care 
in their prefervation , which hapheth to the roots of fome, 
whilft out of ground, and to others after they arefer, For the firft, 
in obferving the root of any good flower, if it appear rivelled or 
crumpled on the outfide , and feel fott and f{pungy, it is a manifeft 
figngf aconfumption, which to prevent , wrap it up in Wooll dip- 
ped in Sallet Oyl, and place it where it may receive fome little 
warmth from the fire; and abouts theend of Auguff feritin the 
ground, putting fome foo: made by awood-fire, mixed with fand, 
about it, covering the place witha pot, the.bottom turned upward, 
to keep ic from wet, until the fibres arecome forth, which will be 
by theend of September or not atall. . With fuch roots thus handled 
it often happeneth, that though fome of the outer folds rot and con- 
fume, yet the middle and heart will remain found, and in two or three 
years bear 2 flower again, 
Now for fuch defedts as happen to thefe roots after they are fer, 
__and’put forth greemleaves it any of them begin to fade and wither, , 
open the earth to che bottom of the root to find the caufe, and if the 
rootbe moift, and feel foft, itis paft help but if any thing hard, ie 
may be recovered by putting foot and dry fand to the root , and co- 
vering it, asin thetormer, leaving the place fomething open that ic 
may dry down the fooner : In hot days take off the pot, and take 
up the root as foon as the fibres are gone, and keep it in Wooll wee 
in Oyl near the fire; laft fet ic again after the manner of the former, 
by this means many good flowers have been faved , which neglected 
had been undoubtedly loft, «. 
. And as we induftrioufly endeavor to recover fach fickly roots of 
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