May. 
‘Throw it into the Place, and lay 1 it twelve Inches 
thick, levelling the Surface. 
Thus let it lie ten Days, then break it t lightly | 
with a Spade, half Spade Depth, and rake it 
even. .Draw away all Clods and Stones, and on 
the clean Bed draw Lines lengthway and a- crofs, 
fix Inches diftant. 
Take the Roots out of their Bags, and place 
one of them carefully in the Middle of each 
Square. Sift on more of the Compoft, and co- 
ver them two Inches and a half. Care muft be 
taken that the Bud of the Root lie uppermott , 
and the Surface of the Bed muft be now finifh’d 
_ with a fine Rake, laying it a little rounding, to 
throw off the Water. 
If no Showers fall within a Week after: he 4 
Planting, let the whole be gently and regularly 
water’d. : 
Some Hoops muft be planted over the Bed ; 
and in.the Severity of Winter there mutt be a 
Mat or Canvas drawn over thefe, either at Night 
only, or, if it be very fharp, all Day, opening 
them only once in two Days at — to give 
them fome free Air. 
In Spring the Bed muft be weeded; and when 
the Flower-Buds appear, great Care muft be 
taken to defend them from fharp Winds, by 
drawing on the Mats, or by Reed- Pini vg a 
againit “the cold Quarters! fe" -. 
ae April they. will flower. 
We do not promife the Gardener of a Certain- | 
_ty that he will have this elegant proliferous Kind 
from the firft Sowing; but whether he have or 
not, his Labour will be well rewarded: he will 
have fome fingle Flowers, which muft be remov’d; 
many femi-double, and perfe&tly double ; and 
whatever were the Colours of the Flowers from 
which he fav’d the Seeds, he will. have among 
thefe Plants rais’d from them, .Red, Blue, and 
White ; fimple, and in all poffible Combinations. 
From the Red and the Blue, will be form’d a vaft 
Variety of Purples; from the Red and White, 
all the Tinges of Flefh Colour, Crimfon, and 
Scarlet; and there will get in among thefe fome 
Green, which will have a fine Effect i in their Va- 
riegations. — 
If the Proliferous Kind: do not. appear among 
thofe, it may be expected from a fecond Sowing: 
At all Adventures this fhould ne done 26 
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_ The beft .femi-double Kinds thould be mark’d, 
| wi the Seeds fav’d with the fame Care we before 
directed, and fow’d in the fame Manner: 
Colours. — 
Thus the Gardener will every Year have a great 
many new Flowers; and among them, one Time 
or others - will be. found. this bold and. elegant 
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The Roots mutt every Year be manao’d in the 
following Manner : 
When the ines are. decay’d, after Flowering, 
| they muft be taken up, clean’d as before divedied; 
and parted ; that is, divided according to their 
Growth into two or more Parts: hishee the Gar- 
denet remember; that if he breaks them into too 
fmall Pieces, they: will flower weakly. Every 
Part that has a Bud will grow; but: the boldeft 
and largeft Pieces are thofé which flower in Per- 
fection. . 
are. harden’d, and preferv’d for Planting. 
It is a Piece of good Addrefs in the Gardéser 
to mark the Plants as they are in Flower, by 
Sticks of particular Shape, according to their 
Thus he will know what Root produ- 
ces what Colour; and keeping thefe feparate in 
the Drying, he will be able to mark upon the 
Bags their Properties and Colours. 
This will ferve an excellent Purpof: in the 
next Autumn Planting he will be able to mix the 
Blues and Reds, and Violets and Purples, and — 
Peach-blooms and Crimfons, fo as to fet off each 
| other; and no two of a Colour fhall appear toge- 
ther. . 
the Plants: but more is to be confidered in this 
Plantation. The Beauty of the Anemonies is fo 
great, that the Florift wifhes it permanent. In 
this Refpect the fame Methods we have directed 
for the preferving Tulips in their Bloom, will be 
ferviceable : for the fame Accidents haften the De- 
cay of all. The better they are defended from 
Winds, ftormy Showers, and full Sun, the longer 
they will keep in Beauty. 
But, befide this, there may be a Succeffion pro- 
vided in this Kind, by planting the Roots at dif. 
ferent Times. There fhould be at leaft three 
Plantations of the Anemony Roots in fo many 
feparate Beds; the firft early in September, the {e- 
cond toward the Middle of igen i ane the laft 
after Chrifimas. ~ 
_ Only indifferent Roots muft be fav’d for this 
laft Plantation ; but there will be this Way a long 
Continuance of the Bloom ; and as one Plantation 
goes off, and the Leaves decay, thofe Roots muft 
be taken ve ; Not waiting for the others, 
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We brought the Besih, in our laft Number 
| acquainted with. many of this painted Tribe, but 
there are yet two or three others late j in Flowering, 
and not for that. Only, but their Beauty worth his 
Notice. This cle fter’d Kind is one. 
The N umber of Flowers and their elegant Dif- 
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pofition, never fail to pleafe the moft incurious 
Eye; and tho’ the Colouring be lef gaudy than 
in fome others, yet it extreamly deferves a nearer 
View, and will not fail to pleafe the more, the 
more it is examin’d. | 
The Root is moderately large. 
- ef The 
_ This ion let be Ricans be ty ‘du up when “aie , 
This will provide for an elegant Difpofition af 
