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orn is to be .refet’d, 
he will therefore trace thefe. to the Bafes : 
he will find them inferted into the Receptacle ; 
and will thence learn that the Plant is one of the 
of the beft Kinds that produce them; and from 
OF) GARDENING 
numerous. and free, the Clafs to which the Plant 
is found. by: their. Infertion: 
Sift over them a. 
fame Mould ; 
"ture. 
In Soria fie young ‘Plants will Appear; and 
the Weeds which rife with«them mutt be cares 
fully taken up by hand.» Let them then have 
a gentle watering. twice a ~Week . in: dry. Wea 
ther; and ot time to time clear away) the 
Weeds, 
“In the ‘Bépining of f Aueuh mark’ the bet 
Plants, and thin them :to: about eight Inches 
3 Diftance. Let thofe weaker ones which were taken 
~ | up» be planted in other: Parts: of the Garden, 
_ bute let the others never be: removed out of «their 
Place. 
Keep the’ Ground clear of Weeds continually, 
‘gts in dry Seafons give gentle W aterings. 
and leave them: thus to Nas 
Polyandria: the numerous Rudiment of Seeds, 
each crown’d with its little Style, thew alfo that 
it is one of the Polyginia, and he thus knows it is 
one of the laft Section under the thirteenth Claf | 
of Linnaus, comprehending the Anemonies, 
Ranunculus’s, and the like Plants. 
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Culture of ied Herarrea,: 
“The Gardener will wee {mile to. fee us 
treat the Culture of this common Plant with Ce- 
remony, fuppofing no Care needful to its Prefer- 
vation : indeed it ftands all Seafons ; and any Soil 
{upports it: but-we fhall acquaint him with a 
Method by which he fhall haye’Flowers of twice 
the common Bignefs; and of a much fuperior 
Colour. 
Thefe are to be obtain’d by fowing the Seeds 
and the fucceeding Seafon all the Remainder, 
The Gardener | will fee in their frG Bloom the 
Promife of a great deal of Beauty, but it will 
be two. Years more befare they -arrive at their 
Perfection. 
He will then find among them all the V arieties, 
and many more than thofe we have. mentioned, 
or others defcribed. There will be large fingle 
Flowers, valuable ‘for their Colour and Expan- 
fion, femi- double. for Seed; and the moft tL -per- 
hruft heir Heads, led'ana | fect double ones : and thefe in all the Kinds of 
the Plant thruft up their Heads, crumpled’ an gers Fain mike cosa ria Shades ae 
d by deprees the unfold. themflves, 
ses er Gi, and divided deep- | : blue, from, pearl Colour to the deep Azure of 
ly but not to the Rib, into three Lobes, © a Summer Sh ky, and from the fame white thr ough 
We name them in this Place becaufé upon | all the Degrees of red, from the Peach Bloom to 
their Colour is to be founded a Judgment of the | | ete bi purple, ‘ uy 4 ig #8 at will 
Seeds, which are fupported by the fame Root. | e.mix'd in fome, and in thele he will trace 
The natural Colour of the Leaf is a deep green, the sabia from that of the Violet to the paleft, 
but it is often’ potted and ftain’d with ‘purple. Hefperi 1S,» 
This grows deeper towards the Time of the Seeds White will be the, leat common 1 Colour, and 
r ipening, and the more purple there is in the indeed a perfect white. untinctured with the blue 
Leaf, the better Expectation there is to have | OF red, very rare; but be who fhall take this. 
ftrong colour’d Flowers. This is not. common- Courfe, will not afterwards fancy there is no fuch, 
ly known, but Experience | fupports: it invaria- 3 lower. 
fuch fowing there will rife all the Varieties of 
Form and Colour that are feen in our Gardens - 
this fhews they are ‘only Varieties as we have efta- 
blifhed already. Ge Ee 
~ Soon after the Flowers open, the Leaves - of 
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Quarter of an Inch of the 
* The next Spring fome of them will flower. 
fpread them out again: 
together, rake the Surface levels 
bly. | 
Therefore let the Gardener panes the aie 
and fineft of his fingle, and fome double Flowers | 
for Seed ; and when that is growing towatd- Ripe- | 
nefs, let him obferve the Leaves. 
which follow {femi-double: Flowers, ' and> are ac- 
peta with: the deepal buspled Lisi are | 
oak him. cut. off thefe ‘in. the Head, and lay | 
fall off let him feparate them entirely; ' and 
after eight or ten Days 
airing, 
in Bags for fowing, ° | 
In the Beginning of Aegis sie up: a: i Bade 
in:.a Part of the Garden, open to the Morning 
Sun, but ‘thelter’d from, the full. Blaze of Noon: 
Takeout half the. Mould; and mix: with the 
reft. as much freth fh Barth: from under-the Turf 
in 3 rich up-land Paftut re Break this very: well 
and; featter on 
the Seeds. 
~Thofe Heads; | 
numerous. Flowers. frem each Roat. All the Care 
to have the Surface of the Mould ftir’ d about them 
| Pafture Mould fifted over them : taking. away the 
From this. es pr Aire coming. £0 ie fall, 
Glory, there will every Year be more and more, 
they require is to .be -kept. clear from Weeds s, 
| ' often, and.every Autumn to half an Inch. of f frefhy 
when they. lie neng let, him: tie. tury up | 
| sty pines ‘thall »eréatlyexceed thofe of any 
Qld Surface in. its: Places, This, mutt be done 
“with. great. Care not to wound. the Roots, and, 
them on a paper’d Shelf, When they begin to | thus the Return of every Spring will cover the 
Ground with.Flowers. exceeding all, the Ideas we 
| can, raife of their Beauty, by. Words. 
We promife that the: F lowers raifed: iby ia this 
other Culture; and perhaps the Reader will 
afk, Whence is derived that great) Advantage ? 
the Succefg of Things depends often on Arti- 
cles fo. texan sh trivial, that: ~ are overs > 
look’d. | | ods or bib ne 
“The great Benefit of our Method above otherg 
is, that the Plants are never removed. Where the 
> doaokt sie wets 2 | Seed makes’ its firft Shoot, the Plant ‘continues 
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