Feb. 
——— they are earlier in Gardens where they have good 
Management : at that Period let a careful Perfon 
be employ’d to felect the ftrongeft that are in | 
Flower; and the belt of thofe which having | afew Plants, but thefe will be lafting ; they mutt 
rifen from. the laft Year’s Seeds, fhew only Leaves. | be left ftanding where they rife be it ever fo irre- 
Let half a Dozen of thofe in Stalk be mark’d |. 
_him.a Bafket, and 
In April and May the wild Plants flower: 
with Sticks, and twenty or more of the others. 
_ When there are two Flowers on a Plant which — 
is mark’d, let one of them be taken off |The 
are for Seed, and it will ripen beft in that 
Manner. | 
At the latter End of Yuly let the Seed Vefiels | 
of all thefe be carefully taken off, and wrap’d in 
_ Paper.- Let them be laid on a Shelf in an airy 
Room, and take their Time to dry. | 
In the Beginning of September let the Roots 
which were mark’d for Strength, and have yet | 
bore no Stalks, be taken up: in this will be> 
Let the Perfon take out with — 
fome Pieces of thin Linnen | 
ge | pen’d from the Plants which flower there, and 
falling fpontaneoufly, may produce new Plants, 
required great Care. 
Cloth. 3 
~ Let him cover the Bottom of the Bafket arth 
Mofs, frefh gather’d, and wet with Dew. Then 
taking up ‘one of the Roots with a. Ball of Earth : 
about it, let him wrap it up in one of the Pieces 
of Cloth, and tie it loofely at the End, leaving 
the Bud out, go eg a 
Let him lay this in the Batket upon the 
Mofs, and thus ‘proceed with all the others, 
packing them clofe, with fome Mofs, as occa- 
fion may require, between them. : | 
Let the whole be cover’d with Mofs,: and the 
Lid ty’d clofe down, and let them be imme- 
diately deliver’d to the Carrier, if for a diftant 
Place: they will thus preferve the natural Earth 
about them through a long Journey, and come 
to hand without Damage. At the fame Time let 
the Seeds be fent in the Papers: for they are too 
fmall to remove. 3 
_ Let the Compoft be now brought to its Place, 
this mutt be to the South Weft, well fhaded, and 
among Trees. | eee 
Let a Border be dug up, and the Mould taken 
out; and let the Compoft be laid in its. Place.’ 
Draw. Lines jengthway and -acrofs at a Foot 
Diftance ; and in the Centre of each Square open 
a Hole, and plant one Root. with its Ball of 
Earth. , 
When thefe are in, featter the Seeds upon 
OF GARDENING, 
never be rooted out of the Ground 
The Roots in general will live, and a good 
Part.of them will flower; but thefe will by De- 
grees grow weaker, and decay. 
The great 'Quantity of Seeds will producé but 
gularly. 
The whole Care of the Plants is this. All 
Spring they muft be kept clear from Weeds, but 
the Ground between them- muft be cover’d with 
Beech Leaves. As they fhoot Leaves or Stalks, - 
they muft be frequently water’d; and at the Ap- 
proach of Winter the whole Bed mutt be cover’d 
with Leaves again. 
In this Manner, tho’ the tranfplanted Roots 
by degrees decay, 
ingly. : , | 
_ Ifthe Seeds do not fhoot, as in fome Places, 
tho’ apparently well chofen, they never will, there 
muft be a new Set of Roots brought in once 
a Year; and there is a’ Chance that Seeds ri- 
tho’ fuch- as were brought from elfewhere and 
fown by hand would ‘not. | 
This is of great Importance, becaufe no Plant 
of the Cypripedium will retain its full Perfection 
Year after Year, but one that has ftood with- 
out Removal where the Seed fell. 
There is fomething extreamly finoular in the 
Shooting of the Seeds of this Plant, the Or- 
chis’s and. Helleborines: no Art can fectire it, nor 
Obfervation difcover the Chances on which it 
depends; but all that can be. done for it is 
what we have here directed, 
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Such a Border as this thould be kept in every 
| curious Garden ; 
Wood Plants. 
The Fly Orchis, the Clandeftina, Broom-rape, 
and Coral Toothwort, will all thrive in it ; and thefe 
it will ferve for all the fcarce’ 
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are Plants, which, befide their Beauty, have the | 
full Merit of Singularity ; and will be the more 
valued in a Garden becaufe few have raifed 
them. | ve Begs 
They may be brought to live by taking 
up the young Roots with large Balls of Earth; 
and fuch as fow themfelves fuccefsfully, can 
ari ter- 
wards. | 
We are not to defpair of this Succes if no 
feedling Plants appear the firft Seafon or two ;- for 
Feb. | 
the Seedlings will flourith laft- | 
_ the Surface; and cover all one Inch deep with 
fallen Beech Leaves; thus leave the whole to 
Nature. 
thefe fmall Seeds often lie two, three, or fout 
Years quiet, and thoot afterwards. 
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