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May. 
{ture while the Plant is in flower ; as.well as the 
‘Bloom fome Sun: Moderation is the great Ar- 
ticle. 
The Moifture is better given by Art; for 
a hafty Shower will foil and fully the whole | 
Bed. 
Thefe two Mifchiefs are to be guarded againft 
in the fame Manner ; that is, by an occafional 
Covering. °This* alfo will prevent that Honey | 
- Dew which often is very: pernicious. 
The Advantage of an’ occafional Covering: is 
very obvious; but the: Manner of doing it in 
many Places is wrong. | | 
Our Gardeners are not fo careful or intelligent 
in this refpect as their Neighbours. Many ‘leave 
the Beds of their beft Flowers open; and Winds, 
Rain and Sun are admitted to the Flowers as | 
Nature pleafes: fo that an Hour fometimes de- 
{troys the Pleafure toiled for throughout the Year. 
Others who cover them ufe only common 
Hoops and Mats; and they are thus choaked for 
want of Air. sonar 
The beft Method is to plant upright Pofts of 
about four Foot high, on each Side of the Bed, 
at moderate Diftance, and over thefe to carry 
Hoops : this kind of Frame may be occafionally 
cover’d with Canvas; and it will ftill retain | 
_ Air enough for the perfecting and preferving the 
Beauty of the Plants. ice ss 
The Canvas muft be drawn over the Hoops 
from Eleven to Four in the Afternoon every | 
Day, when the Sun is powerful. It muft be 
_ alfo drawn on when there are fharp Winds, hafty 
Showers, or fevere Nights. Thus the Flowers 
will have the Morning Sun, and Evening Breezes 
to refrefh them, and will be open at the ufual 
and agreeable Hours of viewing them; and by 
- this Prefervation they will continue twenty, thirty, 
or even forty Days in bloom, and die off at laft 
with all their Colours perfect. 
The Management of the Roots after flowering. — 
No Seeds are to be faved from thefe perfect 
and fine Tulips, for we have obferved they are 
not the proper Breeders. Therefore the Care of 
the Roots is all. | nde 
Nothing exhaufts a Root fo much as the ripen- 
ing of the Seeds; therefore none being expected 
here, let the Stalks of all the Tulips be broke 
off as foon as the Flowers are patt. Then take 
off the Covering entirely; the free Air is needed, 
and the Nourifhment Nature was preparing for. 
filling the Seeds will {well the Root, and its 
Off-fets will: now grow to great Advantage. 
This being an accidental Growth lafts but a 
little Time. The Leaves foon after fade, and 
the Root gets into a State of Reft. 
It is then to be taken out of the Ground The 
Middle of une is about the Time for this; and 
it muft be done in a careful Manner, that the 
Roots be not cut or bruifed. 
“At this Time let a dry Mat be fpread ites 
a Table in an airy Room; and as the Roots 
are taken up, let them be clean’d, and the loofe, 
- ragged, outer Skins pulled off; let them be then _ 
| laid upon the Mat not to touch one another ; and 
every Day turn’d or moved about. They will thus 
harden a little; and they muft then be put up 
in Drawers till the Time of planting. 
* They muft not be kept moift, for that would 
give them a Tendency to Mouldinefs, and they 
| would then rot when put into the Ground; nei- 
ther muft they be kept too clofe, for in that 
Cafe the Air, being fhut out from Accefs and 
Refrefhment, the Principle of Growth will be 
-deftroy’d in them. 
_ The only farther Caution muft be to preferve 
them from Vermin ; for they are not unpleafant, 
and will be a fure Prey if left expofed. 
The Off-fets feparated from the principal Roots - 
muft be managed exaétly in the fame Manner, 
and planted in Autumn, three Weeks fooner than 
the large Roots, in feparate Beds. Thus they 
will flower as they gather Strength, and then ac- 
cording to their Value may be réceived among the 
| others. . 
Thus may the Florift manage his Tulips from 
the Seed to the Perfection of the Flower; and if 
he every Year continue the eafy Tafk of fowing, 
he. will in Return after the firft Period, have every 
Year new Flowers for his Credit and Satisfaction ; 
and Numbers to enrich the Gardens of his 
Friends ; or if he pleafe, for Profit. 
We have obferved that the general Time of 
| planting the fine Tulip Roots is in the Beginning 
| of Oéober, but the early Kinds fhould be put into 
the Ground three Weeks fooner. ‘They muft be 
‘allow’d all Means of Defence, and ’tis beft to 
plant them where there is the Shelter of a warm 
Wall. They are after this to be treated juft as 
the .otficrs. i 
If the Weather come in fevere juft as their 
Buds rife, they muft be cover’d: the Surface of 
the Mould fhould be ftir’d to promote the fettling 7 
and finking of the Dews, and to deftroy the 
firft Shoot of Weeds; and afterwards, if the 
Seafon be dry, they muft be allow’d with due. 
Care a little Water. — 3 
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C HAP. 
May. 
