Sept. . When Roots are thus: planted that have been 
—_—= {ome Time out of the Ground, they at once 
either fhoot or decay. 
-|. The neceffary Ingredient for their fhooting is 
a little Wet; and if Nature do not fupply this, 
Art muft. 5 © 
The Beds fhould be as and gently wa- 
tered once in four Days, if there be not Showers. 
‘They: will. by this Affiftance make the firft 
_. Shoots of their F ibres; after which there is no 
Danger of their Decay. 
They will require to be a little fheltered when 
the fevere Frofts come on; but that we ‘hall 
- confider in its proper Place. | 
The Gardener . who has obferved our Direc- 
tions in the preceding Numbers, has now his 
Beds for Tulips, Ranunculus’s and, Anemonies 
ready: for the Roots the Ground is fettled, 
and they may be planet without Fear of Acci- 
dents. 
Let him begin with the Ranunculus’ sand Ane- 
monies, for they require the fame Management. 
‘For this Purpofe let him draw off three 
Inches Depth of | Mould from the whole Surface | 
of the Bed; and then make the Top: perfeétly 
devel. 
‘This done, let him give it a gentle Watering ; 
and when it has had two or three Hours to dry 
the Surface, let him draw Lines length-wife and 
~ crofs-wife of the.whole Bed, at eight Inches Di- 
{tance every Way from one another. 
The common Writers on Gardening order thefe 
Roots to be planted at four Inches Diftance 
and Mr. Mutter, who, in one of his Publica- 
tions, orders this four Inch Method, in a fac-. | 
| ceeding one directs fix Inches. | 
-/The Gardenke does not know what Rule to 
follow, when this fovereign Inftructor contradicts 
himfelf: but we fhall tell him, that in both — 
thefe Directions he is wrong. 
- ‘The Ranunculus’s: and Anemonies of our 
| neighbouring Countries greatly exceed our own; 
and it is principally owing to the greater Di- 
| {tance they allow the Roots: 
We follow them lowly and imperfectly : at 
one Time they excell’d us in the Colours of their 
Flowers, becaufe they raifed them from Seed; 
and we propagated them only by Off-fets from the 
Roots; thus debarring ourfelves from the great 
Source of Variety. | 
We have now taken their Method of raifing the 
Plants from Seeds, and we fhew Flowers as. 
finely coloured, and of late fome better than 
the beft of theirs in this Refpeét: but while 
we exceed them in the colouring of fome, they 
beat us in the Strength and Boldnefs of all. 
‘The Occafion of this is, that they allow a 
ateater Space for the Roots to extend. 
| We have explained this at large to the judi- 
cious Gardener, that he may fee the Reafon of 
our Practice; and we fhall add, that the moft- 
common Eye will oe the Preference to the ge- 
-fteady : 
neral Appearance of a Bed of either of thefe | Sept. 
Kinds where they are at eight Inches Diftance, ————. 
to one in which they are atfour, ae 
They may be crouded in a Nurfery; but 
when they are planted out for Shew, this Dif 
— fhould always be obferved. 
. The fame Quantity of Roots by this Means 
covers a double Space of Ground, and has a 
ten-fold Beauty. ‘The Obftinacy of fome Gar- 
deners will not perhaps fuffer them to receive In- 
| formation; for long Cuftom in a wrong Method, 
has made them se it right: but to the more 
Intelligent we appeal aetiate thefe vulgar Errors ; 
affuring them,: from Experience, of the Succefs 
of Shai is thus dictated by Reafon. 
The Culture of Plants was very little under- 
ftood, when thefe: fmall Diftances were affien’d 
to Roots of Flowers; and the Improvements 
and Advances have been made in vain in this 
Science, if dreaming Writers will ftill lead the 
- Gardener into the old ill-underftood Traé. 
The Beds being thus marked into eight Inch 
Squares, let aed Roots be picked out, and 
placed one-in the Centre of each Square. 
Let them be fet perfectly upright, and an 
Earth drawn about them, to keep them 
then let the Soil, taken off the Bed for » 
that Purpofe, be carefully laid on, and the Roots 
thus covered to two Inches and a half deep. | 
. Let the Bed be finifhed with a fmall round- 
ing; and if the Day be not fhowery, let it be 
gently watered. 
_Care being taken of thefe feveral Roots, there 
remain only the Tulips to be planted. 
~ The Beds are ready for thefe, but: there re- 
quires a peculiar Method of fetting them. _ 
‘They are Bulbs, and muft be planted Hee 
The Earth muft be drawn off. from the Top 
of the Tulip Bed feven Inches thick, and the 
Surface perfectly levelled. 
A little {prinkling of Water is then to be 
siven ; “and when the ‘Top is dry again, it 
ate be marked out into Squares. 7 
The Lines for this Purpofe muft be drawn at 
feven Inches Diftance length-wife, and at eight 
Inches crofs-wife ; and one Tulip muft be plan- 
ted in the Centre of each Square. 
The Bed being thus marked out, let one 
Root be placed, as in the former Inftances, in 
the Centre of each Square, and the Earth drawn 
up about it to keep it fteady, - 
One Direétion ferves for all thefe Cafes; for 
the Bufinefs is the fame; to place the Roots re- 
cularly and to keep them upright. The prin- 
cipal Difference is their Depth and Diftance from 
each other. 
When the Roots are all placed, the Soil that. 
was taken off is to be carefully laid on again, 
and the Bed thus raifed about fix Inches above 
the Tops of the Roots: it muft be finifhed a 
little rounding, as the laft, and if the Day ie 
not fhowery it muft be watered, 
CHAR, 
