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eee Ler the others "be clear’d away where they rife too 
thick, and only fuch_ a Number left in each Box, : 
: ie there be. more than ‘one upon the Stalk, or 
as can be fupply’d with Nourifhment., 1 
Keep the Surface clear from Weeds, and. water | 
it whenever the Mould j is too dry. This mutt be 
‘the Management. while, the Plants kesp their: 
_ -Greennefs. 
When the Leaves are faded, let half an Inch of 
"the Compoft, that was left, be fifted over them, | 
‘and let them have the fame Care they had the 
_ preceding Year. 
~The next ‘Summer, when the Leaves are. faded, ‘ 
let the Mould be all taken out of the Boxes, and 
fifted. The Roots will be thus feparated, and. 
- they; mutt be immediately planted i in a Bed. of the 
‘fare Compott, thelter’d from the N orth and from. 
_ the Noon- day Sun. 
They fhould be fet here at (* Inches Diftance, 
and left 10 BOWS. ik ne ok, a + | 
There will be a great Variety : but le none the 
firft Year be defpis’d. . ~ 3 
When the Leaves are. dba’ dhe wil be 
taken up, and immediately ‘planted again, at five 
Inches Diftance, in frefh Compoft. This will 
i sive them a great Advantage for the next Year’s 
_ Flowering, and the Gardener will then be able to. 
make fome a tie of their Value. 39 
3. of the Management of the Roots. 
$s be confider’d as arriv’d at full Maturity, and to 
_ be treated differently, according to the Diftin@ion | 
- we have laid down of thofe which ripen Seeds, 
and fuch as are to be encreas’d by Root. 
For this Tranfplanting therefore. two Beds: fhould 
~~ be provided, the one larger, for receiving thofe 
_ which ripen Seeds, and the other for the Binds 
which are to be encreas’d by Root. 
For this Purpofe, let him. mark by. Pea, 
Sticks, while they are in Flower, .thofe which 
shave’ more than one F lower. upon the Stalk, and. 
— thofe which. have more than fix Petals in the 
that the ftrongeft can, be difcern’d from the reft, Flower. 
| larger Bed is to be prepar’d for the others. 
saint be taken up as {oon.as. the others are planted, 
| Inches Diftance : 
poft. 
No Matter whether there be three or. . - May, 
four: Flowers in. the firft-Cale, or twelve Petals, —— 
as We have defcribed in the perfect double Flowers. 
more than fix Petals in a Flower, continued Cul- 
ture will bring, them to the full Perfection. 
“The Bed mult be very well prepar’d for thefe ; 
for. they are, after this Plantation, not to be re- 
-mov’d for three Years. . Let them be fet at ten 
Inches Diftance in the new Compoft, and the 
Ground kept clear from ‘Weeds, and never fuffer’d 
to be too. dry, 
This will be all adh is requit’d i in a the, Summer 
Months; but every Autumn there fhould be half 
an Inch of frefh Compoft fifted over the Bed; 
_and in the fevere Frofts the Ground fhould be co- 
vered with Peafe-ftraw. 
Thefe being difpos’d ‘in that Mines, the 
They 
which fhould be when the Leaves fade; and they 
are not to be kept out of the Ground, but imme- 
diately fet again. They fhould be allowed eight 
and this Mariagernent - repeated 
every Year, giving them anny frefh Com- 
Thus will a Foundation be taid for the mot 
perfeét Stock of this fingular Flower. ° 
‘The many flower’d and. double. Kinds, will, 
during their three Years ftanding, grow to full 
uae Perfection ; and when they are, at the End of 
After ‘the fecond Year's F lowering, witch is | 
~~ yfually the fourth from Sowing, the Roots are to, 
that Time, taken up, ai Number of .Off-fets will 
be found. ready for: feparating by way of Bn- 
creafe, 
‘The others, in. the fame Manner, will flower 
each Year more and more perfectly : every Seafon 
the fineft of them fhould be mark’d for Seed; 
and each Autumn there fhould be a new Sowing. 
_ This is the Method practis’d by the Dutch, who 
exceed all Europe in this Flower: and there not 
only is the Amufement. arifing from fo continual 
an Improvement, but. they make a very confide- 
rable Profit, by felling the Roots they can fpare, 
after felecting the fineft for their own Gardens. 
CHAP. 
rT HE beft ad ate of the Flower- Canlt are” 
_ dt now in their great Glory, every thing there- 
fore fhould be confulted that can continue them in’ 
that Perfection; and every Part of the Ground 
‘kept in Order, that the Eye may not be difeufted 
in one Place, while it is entertain’d in another, | 
Let the Caution of fhading | the Beds of; the. 
> finer Kinds, be obferv’d as we have directed, al 
ready, and let them occafionally have Water. _ 
‘The Borders, the-Grafs, and the: Gravel- Walks, 
‘thould all Ae now kept in the moft perfect Order : 
CLERICAL ELIE 
nie ae Il. 
Th Management of the Finwer- Garden, for this WV eek, 
the Gravel roll’d often, and clean from the leat 
Appearance of a Weed; and the Borders not only 
weeded, but ftir’d and. rak'd once in three.or four 
Days. 
He who does this, muft be very well ac- 
quainted with the Places of the F lowers, that he 
do not hurt them ; and, with that Caution, all 
will. be pleafing and ufeful. The Surface will have 
} a.continual Look of Culture, and the Roots will 
be refreth’d, 
Take ‘up. the Roots of the fine Colchicums this 
Week, 
