Chap. XXII. LFLORA 
The feeds of thefe flowers will be ready to gather in May, which 
mutt be done as the down rifeth, elfe they will be blown away ; and 
having gathered all your feeds, ftay not as fome direé to fow them 
untill Augu/t, but letit be done by the middle of Fu/y at the fur- 
theft, and be fure the earth in which you fow them be good, and. 
finely fifted, be it in beds or boxes, which your beft feeds will 
deferve, 
To feparate the feeds that hang in the down, you muft take earth 
that is very dry and fine, in quantity according to the feeds you in- 
tend tofow, put it ina Bowl, Trey, or Bafon, and mingle the feeds 
therewith, then ftir and divide them with your fingers untill none of 
the white down appear; fow them not too thin, for fome will fail to 
come up ; laftly, cover them half a fingers thicknefs with fine rich 
earth,and fo ler them remain untill about a moneth after their {pring- 
ing, then ftrow over them a fingers thicknefs more of like earth, 
and fo leave chem until Winter begins, at which time they muft be 
covered with peafe-ftraw,laid upon fticks, that it touch not the earth, 
to prevent the frofts and cold nipping air, but from the time of fow- 
ing to the fecond covering with earth, you muft not neglect often 
gently to water them, 
The next year after their fowing, in anaes they may be taken 
up, and fet again in rowés at convenient iftance, where they may 
remain until youfee what flowers they will bear, and then difpofe 
them as they fhall deferve: fome report they have had Anemones 
bear flowers the next, others the fecond year from the fowing, but I 
can expect few or none that are good betore the third, and many will 
not bear untill the fourth year ; but the agreeable goodnefs of the 
earth and air for bringing them forward is moft confiderable, there- 
_ forebe fure to make it as rich and good as you can, but take heed of 
too much dung. ; 
If the earth of your bed, wherein you would fet your belt Anemo- 
nes, be either too ftiff clay, or too light fand, it muft be compoun- 
ded, Clay with brook fand, and pearl fand, with good frefh fat earth 
raken next under the Turf of fome good pafture, well mixed toge- 
ther with fomelime, and old Neats dung rotted to earth; which 
compofition mutt be finely fifted before ufed 5 ‘with this earth fo pre- 
pared makea bed halfa yard deep, and therein fet your roots, which 
will profper and bear the betcer ; if at any feafon offerting them, 
you put a little Willow earth under and over the roots, it will caufe 
ther foon to put forth fibres, and thereby able to abide the Winters 
yet in froft and hard weather, it will be good to cover them that are 
come up with mats or peafe-ftraw, which take off for two or three 
hours, every other day, (if fair) to give the bed air, and prevent 
mouldinefs, which hath been the deftruction of many a fine plant, 
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