O2 : A C@OMPLEAT: BOD'Y 
May T ulips among the Seedlings, they muft alfo be-| we have directed in the laft Chapter ; and the firft May 
taken away. i | vag 
Thefe remov’d, the Florift will fee what he has 
by way of Store for his future ‘Labours ; and as 
the good Properties we have nam’d never change 
any more than thé bad ones, he will find that he 
has here a certain Number of Roots, which will 
not fail his Expeétation, if he do not fail in the 
Opportunity of Moon and Wind can-be chofen, 
let them be planted as directed, only with 
more Caution. Let a Quantity of very clean 
| Sand be in Readinefs ; and when the firft Quan-. 
tity of Compoft is put in, and the Places. are 
mark’d ‘for the Roots, at about eight Inches Di- 
ftance, let every Root be prepar’d for fhooting out 
ieee Soa faid that the Seedlings, when brought | its Fibres, by taking off the fcaly Skins about the 
‘to this State of free Flowering, are to be treated | “be et pa ’ oo ‘deen wee 
Bulb, are often fo hard, that the Fibres cannot 
get thro’ them, and many a good Root 1s loft ; 
| for if the Fibres cannot make ther Way, it 
| will rot, inftead of growing. . 
_ This done, fet each Root in its Place upon the 
Mould, and draw round it a {mall Circle of the 
Sand up to its Top. This is a very effential Ar- 
ticle. It keeps off Worms, and it prevents the 
Situation a8 we direéted for fowing the Seeds, 
only let it be larger. The Mould muft be dug 
~ out, and the Compoft thrown in, to the Depth of | 
‘pwelve Inches. ‘Let this be done in the latter End itt 
of September, and an Opportunity then taken of | bad Effects of too — C. r ag 
a decreafing Moon, and a Northerly Wind. Let |} After this, they mu a ts ae a . 
the Roots be fet upright, at a Span Diftance from fended from violent F Pe Ne BEST, BY 
one another, and then more of the Compoft mutt Canvas or Mats, on Hoops; and hive they rife 
be ffted on, to raife the Bed fix Inches higher; | toward Flowering, they muft be water’d at Times ; 
then let the Top be finifh’d. a little rounding, to | and Care muft be taken in the earlier Waterings, 
throw off Wet, and leave them to Nature, only: that none fettle among the Leaves, for it will 
| ‘ap them againtt the fevere Cold of Spring, | often rot the Plant. aims 
Nt 9 a Hoops. ~ ) — |. If at this Time a Leaf of any of the Tulips 
From Time to Time, in Spring, .the Bed muft | droops, curls up, and appears diftemper’d, let it 
he weeded ; and, occafionally, moderate Water- | be cut off; for otherwife the Mifchiet will infect 
ings are to be allow’d. Thus the Tulips will be | the whole Plant, and often it will fpread over a 
brought to Flower. | | _ | great Part of the Bed. 
This is the Method of bringing the Flower to 
break; but it does not take Effect on all at the 
fame Time : fome will come to this Beauty fooner, 
and fome later. 
When they are in Flower, let them be care- 
fully looked over, and let fuch as are well broke, 
be mark’d for planting out among the more ex- 
cellent Kinds, for the fucceeding Year. - 
Thofe which have come truly to their Beauty, 
have the Stripes clear to the Bottom, and keep their _ 
- Colour to the laft. Such as thefe are perfectly © 
broke, they will never return to the plain Colour 
while well manag’d; and their Off-fets will al- 
ways afford the fame Kind of Flowers. Thefe are 
therefore a certain Treafure. | 
In this Manner, every Seafon, fome will break, 
and the Stock of perfect Tulips will, from Time 
a Ly : 
Of preferving the Tulip in Bloom. 
The Florift, when he fees his Tulips burft open 
in all their Beauty, finds his Toil well rewarded ; 
but he often fighs to think of the fhort Dura- 
tion. | 
Nature has not intended Flowers for lone Con- 
tinuance. They ferve to enclofe and defend the 
Parts of Fructification ; and when that Purpofe is 
effected, naturally fade. 
The Tulip remains in its fine Condition 
longer than moft other Flowers, becaufe there 
being no Cup, a greater Duration of this fole De- 
fence is necefflary: but this Period, which is long 
in Comparifon of moft other Flowers, is too fhort 
for the Florift, whofe Labours thro’ fix or feven 
| : fucceffive Years to bring it to Perfection, and 
When all are got from the Seedlings that will | whofe continued Pains to preferve it in that State 
| merit a longer Permanence in its Beauty. This is 
in fome Degree in his own Power. | 
Let him confider what makes the Flower fade 
moft, and guard againft it. The Heat of the 
Sun is the great Article of Damage: it brings on 
the Decay in a double Manner; for its Influence 
ripens the Seed-veffel, and renders the Flower no 
longer neceffary, and at the fame Time exhautts 
| the Juices of the Petals. 
Some Sun is needful, but a little ferves: all 
Of the Management of the perfelt Plants, that is above the due Proportion haftens the 
| Decay. 
When the Beds are to be prepar’d for the per- The fecond Article of Danger is from Rain. 
fect.and fine Tulips, they muft be conftructed as | The Root of the Tulip will require fome Moi- 
3 ' {ture 
to Time, be encreas’d. | 
break, or are worth preferving, let the reft be 
planted out in common Parts of the Garden. © 
Every Year we would advife the Florift to fow | 
fome Seed. There is no great Trouble; and | 
in that Manner of Management, the Length 
of Time before the Plants flower would not be re- 
garded ; for, aiter the firft Parcel, every Year 
will bring-a Succeffion, and there will be an ever- 
lafting Fund of Variety, Beauty, and Pleafure. 
Week in Offober, or as near that ‘Time as the due eae 
