Chap. XXXII. FLORA 
which will fettle the earth to the sa : let not your pots be -. 
_ Thefe feeds are to be fowed very thin, upon a bed- of good freh 
earth, after rain, in the beginning of April, the Plants well grown, ta- 
ken upinfomerainy feafon, and fet again in rows a foot afunder, 
Where the year following they will bear flowers, fome double, but 
more fingle, which may be pulled up and caft away as foon as difco- 
vered, leaving only thofe with double flowers, Plant your belt Gili- 
flowers in pots, which muft be placed to bear flowers, where they 
may have the morning Sun only, for the after-noon Sun doth the 
plants much harm : water chem in their necefsity gently, to moiften 
the earth by degrees, for too much wet rots the fmall fibres, there- 
fore take heed your pots be not over wet at the bottome, neither 
would thefe flowers be long wet on the leaves, 
Every year fome of them will die: fet not another in the fame | 
earth, but take it out, and fill the pot again with that which is fre(h, 
for eatth in pots will {pend it felf more than that in Beds, and requi- 
reth to be yearly renewed: from fuch ft efcape the Winter, af- 
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ter bearing, take as much of the earth as you can out of the por, - 
without hurting the roots, and fill it up again with that which is freths 
in Winter, and to the middle of April(that the weather grows hot) 
water in the morning, after in the evening,,putting water to the roots, 
not wetting the branches, | 
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When your flowers are fpindled, bind them to fticks, and nip off 
all fuperfluous buds, that the flowers of fuch you leave may be the 
fairer; ftick hollow Kix, and the Cleies of Beafts upon theends of 
fticks about your pots, into which Earwigs and black Infects in’ the 
night will creep, which may be taken in the morning and deftroyed ; 
when the flowers begin to appear, open the points of the pods to 
ive them liberty, and thofe pods which break, bind with a narrow 
iff, of the thin film of a Gold-beaters old mould, which wer, will 
ftick together, keep the flower round, and fcarcely be perceived ; 
but chofethat are not provided with this, may cut fome of the bark 
froma withy ftick, fit it to the place, and chruft it into the pod, to 
hold up the drooping fide of the flower: when they have done bear- 
ing, cut away the ftalks, andinrainy feafons (which often happen in 
Autumn) lay the pots down on the fides, to prevent the taking of too 
much wer, 
_ The greaceft care required in the prefervation of thefe Plants is in 
Winter, in which feafon they are to be defended from great rains, 
fnows, and long frofts, as alfo from the North and Eaft winds , there- 
fore if you have a convenient houfe, with large dores, that they may 
not want air, place them therein, asfoon as admonifhed by the firft 
frofts, giving them at all times (unlefsin the night, and in time of 
froft) as much air as the houfe willafford,and if you fiad them dry, in 
open weather gently water themwith water qualified with a litle 
Sheepsdung (not wetting the leaves) efpecially after a long froft, 
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