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April. ge Inches Diftance, taking up the weakeft, and 
=——— planting them out. Let them be water’d and 
kept clear from Weeds; and in Autumn,. when 
the Leaves are decay’d,. let a little frefh Mould be 
fifted over them. Thus they will be ftrengthned 
during Winter ; and ‘the next Spring they will 
flower. é' 
‘The fineft. mutt be left in the Bed, the inferior 
Kind, taken up and planted elfewhere, for none | 
will be very poor ones : and after this they mutt 
be taken up every Autumn: frefh Mould, 
made up as the fii, mutt be brought i into the April. 
Place of it; and the Roots, trim’d at the Ends 
of the Fibres, muftbe planted init, ar ten Inches  ” 
Diftance, and cover’d up to the Bud. 
Thus they will flower every Year ftronger; and 
from the beft of their Flowers Seeds fhould bé 
fay’d, and every Year fown upon the Ends of the 
fame Bed. 
They will raife a Supply, and the Flowers will 
’ continue improving from Succeffion to Succeffion. 
There are no Limits to the Effect of Culture. 
, 
GREAT DOUBLE. “COWSLIP, 
. a: 30, * So much of. hit has ‘been faid of che laft 
Fig. 2. Plant is applicable to this elegant Variety, that 
a few Wotds will contain its Nature, Characters, 
and Culture. As that is an Improvement of a 
Variety from the Oxlip, this is the Cowllip of 
our Meadows, enlarg’d, enrich’, and fall'd by a 
_ judicious Culture. 2 
~ Both rife from the fame original Stock, both 
therefore belong to the fame Clafs and Section , 
and however they may be obliterated by the Mul- 
tiplication of the Petals, both have the fame Cha- 
racters. : : 
The old Botanifts call it, in this State, Para- 
lyfis hortenfis flore plena. Linnavs refers it, | 
with the reft, to the original Species, Primula fo- | ~ 
tits dentatis rugofis, Rough dented-leav’d Primula : 
comprehending the three Field Varieties, Primrofe, | | 
Cowflip and Oxlip, under that Term, and‘ with - 
them all the Luxuriances from each rais’d in Gar. | | 
| on - | the Root will depend upon the former’ Qh fiderss 
dens. 
This differs from the common Cowlip of our 
Meadows only in the Number, Bignefs, and dou- | 
ble Fulnefs of the Flowers. | wants 
The Root has a fmall Head, hung with ' innu-— 
merable Fibres. | 
face, indented at the Edges, of a pale green, ‘and 
mark’d with paler Veins : narrow’d ‘at the Bae, 
fo as to refemble F ootftalks 5 ; and paler on the 
under Side than upper. . 
The Stalk is fingle, round, upright, alittle 
hairy, ara pale green, and ten Inches high. | 
From ‘its Top, where there is a yellowifh’ Circle, - 
and fometimes, but not conftantly, a membranous. 
_ Appendage, ferving as a general Involucrum, rife | 
from eight to twelve, or more flender Footftalks: | 
Jeena and about an Inch in Length. © get, 
Each of thefe fupports one Flower. ‘This is. 
not naked as in the preceding Plant, ‘but covered © 
at the Bafe with: its proper Hufk. This is of a 
‘pale green, long, hollow, divided by five Seg 
4 ments at the E ape and rib’d in ‘five Places its’ 
whole Length. : 
‘The Le et confifts of numerous Petals ; scan 
Nature it fhould be but of one, divided indeed 
deeply into five Segments ; but here the outer Di- 
-vifions, swwhen the Doublenefs is perfect, are con- 
tinued to the Bafe, fo as to form a kind of di- 
ftinct Petals, pre others rife innumerable within 
them. ~The Colour and the Bignefs of the 
Flower depend in a great Meafure on the Degred 
of Culture. 
‘When perfect, the Clufter of the Petals ig 
large, and the Colour a Saffron yellow: It will 
be “fometimes fo deeply tin€turéd with the Red, 
as td appear a kind of Orange Scatlet. When 
Jefs Care has beén taken in raifing the Plant, and 
when it has ftood to degenerate, the’ Flowers aré 
se Pare ad (ets double. 
ital this Cows ii ps 
The fatrie Soil, Situation and Managétient; 
fuit this as the other; only that the Mould thould — 
be of a fomewhat firmer Nature, and the Place 4 
little more expos’d to the Sun. The Strength of 
tion; and the Colouring of the F shite will be 
influenced’ by the other, ~ > 
Atis but rarely thefe double Flowers produce 
Im Seeds 5 but whenever that happens, it fhould be 
| watch’d«with Cate, | 
"The Léaves are numerous, rough on the Sur- | 1? 
The -fineft double Cownivs tiiay be produc’d 
from Seeds of the fingle Kind : but there will be 
‘a great deal of Time and Trouble fav’d by begin 
ning from the Seeds of a double Flower, 
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Whichever Method be taken, the Courfe of 
Management muft be exactly thie’ fare. The - 
Seeds: Gnutt be fown upon a Border in the fame 
Manner as thofe of the former; and ftom the 
Plants thus rais’d Seeds ate to be fav'd 3 again, 
and thus the ‘firft Improvements rais’d to greater 
Elegance. | 
From all thefe, Partings ‘of the Roots, when of 
proper Growth, will multiply the Plants; and 
and this is to be done toward the End of Auguft. 
But the Method by Sowing continues Improve- 
‘ments, and adds Variety. 
In this, as in the preceding Plant, and many _ 
‘| other Inftances where artificial Heat is not needed, 
we advife the Gardener every Year to fave the 
Seeds of fome one fine Flower, and fow them on 
the Ends of the Bed. No Trouble is requir’d; 
and a few young Plants of the fame Kind with the 
others can be no Blemith. 
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