| July. 
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that Year, the Layers will be the ftronger. 
AL COMPLEAT BODY 
planted out into other Parts of the Garden : aid 
the Layers of the others muft be taken off when | 
they are well rooted, and planted in Pots; or in 
confpicuous Parts of Borders, according to their 
Value, and the Pleafure of the Owner. 
The Method of Laying we have given in a 
preceding Number: the Shoots are to be carefully 
fecured.in three Places by Pegs, or forked Sticks, 
and well covered, and well watered till they have 
taken root. 
Jf the Flower Stem be cut down as foon as |. 
thefe are laid, and the Plant not fuffered to blow 
At 
the utmott, the Flower if fuffered to open, fhould 
be taken off as foon as it has fhewn its Beauty 7 
for he who fhould fave Seeds from : a laid Fant, 
will fpoil the Layers. 
‘When the Layers are well rooted the fineft taut 
be taken off, and planted each in a feparate Pot in 
the fame Compoft. Thefe muft be fet in a fhady 
Place, and watered till they are well rooted. 
“In the Beginning of Offober let a Piece of 
Ground be dug up in a dry Part of the Seminary, 
with a good Quantity of Sand among it; and in 
this let the Plants be fet, burying the Pots up to 
the Rim. A Parcel of Hoops muft be placed 
over this; and there muft be a Covering of 
Canvafs ready to draw over them in bad Wea- 
cier.. 
Winter, fhould be planted out into larger Pots 
of the fame Compoft for flowering in Spring. 
The Seafon muft determine this; but, in general, 
the Beginning of March isa good Time. 
~ When they are planted in thefe larger Pots, 
- they muft be fet in a fhady Elaee and watered 
~ every Evening till well rooted. 
Pl 45. 
Fig. 5. 
_ Six Weeks the Pots fhould ftand ‘ees. and 
at the End of that Time they fhould be re- 
moved to the Place where they are to flower; 
The Layers being thus diel chrough : 
this muft be open to the Morning Sun, but de- 
fended againit the full Noon Beams, and againft 
cold Winds. 
The Choice of this Place j is a yery effential 
Article for the well flowering of the Plants. Tho’ | 
defended from fharp. Winds, it muft not be 
fmothered by too much Shelter; for unlefs the 
Air come freely among the Plants, the Flowers 
will never be fine. 3 
The Stalks will on. rife for F RSS Two 
may be fuffered from one Root, but a fingle one 
is better. There muft be a Stick planted in the 
Pots for tying them up as they rife, and all 
Side-fhoots muft be taken off as they appear. 
When the Buds appear for flowering, the in- 
ner Cup muft be opened in three or four Places, 
| to favour the regular fpreading of the Petals; 
and it muft be defended from Wet, and too 
much Sun, by a Glafs Cap; covered occafionally 
with a Piece of Bays. 
After this a Paper or Cant Collar may be 
placed under the Petals; and the Gardener muft 
from Day to Day, as they difclofe themfelves, 
favour their fpreading, that they may be fupport- 
ed every where by the Collar, while they hide it 
compleatly ; and he is afterwards to lay the fe- 
veral Petals handfomely one upon another; they 
will remain as they are placed, and make a very 
reoular Appearance. 
While they are in Flower, they muft be care- 
fully watched to prevent Deftruction from In- 
feéts ; and: watered moderately, and often, with 
Water from a fhallow Pond that lies expofed: to 
the Sun. 
Thus they will be bauaht to flower perfeély, 
and continued in their Beauty as long as Nature 
will permit: and by faving Seeds from the fineft 
Kinds that ripen them well from Time to Time, 
the Stock will be encreafed and improved every 
Seafon, 
s DOUBLE VIOLET POPPY. 
. This is a fpecious Plant of eafy Culture: an 
Animal which bears the open Ground, and lives 
with no more Care than Weeds in the Garden; | 
varying in a Thoufand Forths in the Flower, but 
in all elegant; and often very bright and glorious 
in the Colouring. 
The Generality of Authors who have written 
on Flowers have named it; and in the various 
States in which the Chance of Growth has fhewn 
the Flower, have too often given it diitinét De- 
nominations. It has been called papaver hortenfe 
flore purpureo, and flore pleno violaceo, and fimply 
papaver flore pleno. 
Linn aus rejecting the Diftin@tions of Double- 
nefs and Colouring in fpecifick Names, calls 
it, Papaver calycibus capfulifque glabris foliis am- 
plexicaulibus incifis: {mooth cupped and fmogth 
headed Poppy, with Leaves furrounding the Stalk, 
and cut at the Edges. 
3 
This is the proper Name of the Garden Poppy 
in its plain and fimple State; and to this he 
refers all the painted, double, and otherwife di- 
{tinguifhed Flowers. Ray did the fame before 
him. He defcribes the Plant under the Name 
of Papaver fativum, and refers all the Varieties 
to one common Stock. We know. the Seeds of 
one Kind produce them; and this is the great 
Article for judging of thefe Diftin@tions. 
The Root is long, white, and hung with a few | 
flight Fibres. 
The Leaves are long and large: they rife with- 
out Footftalks, and their Colour is a pale blueith 
or greyifh green. 
The Stalk is of the fame pale pearly green, 
and four Foot high; fmooth, round, and toward 
the Top branched. 
The Leaves on this are placed irregularly, and 
refermble thofe from the Root: they furround the 
Stalk 
