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Auguft. Way round this Plant, and well dug up at that 
Diftance ; and let the Surface be broke nearer the 
Stem. Every Evening let the Plant have a good: 
Watering, and tie up the Stem to a firm Stake to. 
prevent the rocking by Winds. 
Let the Ends of all the Stalks on which ‘the 
Seed is faved be nip’d off; and if there be any 
decayed Leaves about the Plant, let them alfo be 
picked clean away. When the Pods are full 
grown ceafe the Watering. When the Seeds are 
hardened in them cut off the Pods, and lay 
After a Fort- 
‘night fhake out the Seeds; fpread them alfo for 
fome Days upon the Shelf to harden, and then.| 
tie them in Paper Bags, and hang them up for 
them on a papered*Shelf to dry. 
Winter. 
In*the' firft Week of the April following, pre-. 
| pare a Piece of Ground in the Seminary : let it 
-- be open to the South Eaft, and defended from 
‘cold Winds. | 
Dig out the Mould three Quarters of a Spade 
deep, and fill up with the Compoft : level the 
Surface, fatter on the Seeds ; and fift over thern- 
a Quarter of an Inch of the fame Mould, 
When the Plants appear they muft be thin’d 
where they rife too clofe, and after this they muft 
have frequent Waterings. 
~ No Seedlings are more in Danger from Infeéts _ 
than thefe; and various ftrange Methods have | 
been ufed to preferve them. The moft common | 
Way is to fow among the Stock fome Radith | 
Seed. They who advife this fay, the Intent is 
that the Flies may faften upon the young Radifh 
Leaves, of which they are fond, and leave the 
Stock Plants. 
Fie who has been the Mifleader of Englifh Gar- 
deners through the whole Courfe of their Pro- 
feffion, is Author of this PraGtice : how -contra- 
ditory to good Senfe all mutt fee, who enter upon 
the Profeffion on Principles of Reafon; and how: 
mifchievous in faé let all thofe fay who have feen 
the other half 
their Scédlings half devoured, and 
deftroyed by it. | 
Tt is true that the fame Fly feeds upon the 
feedling Radifh, and the feedling Stock 5 and 
true that it is fonder of the Radifh than of the 
other ; or than of any thing elfe: but who thall 
fay that when the Radifhes are devoured, or 
fpoiled, “it will not fall upon the other Plants, its 
natural Food, after them. ve 
if a large Quantity of Radifhes be fown, the 
young Stocks will be drawn up weak, and fpoiled 
them; and if there be only a {finall Proportion, 
the Flies are invited to the Place by them 
when they are confumed, they 
faften upon the others. Certainly 
thofe Infeéts to the Plact, ‘which there is the 
greateft Reafon to fear, is the worft Policy that 
could be 'preferibed. 
In the Place of this abfurd Cuftom, let the 
Gardener who ftudies his Profefion rationally, 
confider what it is that makes his feedling Stocks 
liable to the Mifchief of thefe Infe@ts, and he wil] 
know how-to propofe a reafonable Safeguard, 
eee y 
. , and 
will certainly 
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| fome fingle of better Colours, and with more 
the inviting | 
| fail to produce the Gardener many double and 
BODY. - 
We have told him that all Plants are liable to 
Infects in Proportion as they are in a fick] 
and ’tis- exactly fo in this Inftance. 
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Auguft, ; 
The feedling Stocks. require repeated ‘Water: 
‘ings: without thefe they foon fade: their Juices 
ftagnate, and the Swarm of Devourers appears, 
This is the Caufe, and the Remedy is eafy, 
The young Plants muft not be chilled, or over- 
flowed with Water, but they muft be well fup- 
‘it. them in ‘moderate Quantity twice every Day. 
In this Management they fet out with a vigorous 
Growth, and continue it without any Check, and 
I never once faw the Flies attack them when thus 
_fupported. oe a. 
In the latter End of May let-another Bed of 
Compoft be made for them juft by the fir, 
but larger: the fame Situation is proper; and 
the nearer the Beds are, the lefs Damage the Plants 
| will get in the Removal. ee | 
Let the Surface of this new Bed be levelled, 
and Lines drawn upon it both Ways at five 
Inches Diftance. : 
In the Centre of every Square fet one of the 
Plants from the-Seed-bed, and when all are in, 
give them a gentle Watering, fhade them by a 
| Reed-hedge, and repeat the Watering till they — 
| are perfectly rooted: after this let them be con- - 
{tantly weeded and watered once in three Days 
till the End of duguf. oie aS 
_ At that Time let a large Bed be made up for 
taken up in the Evening of a cloudy Day, and 
planted in it at two Foot Diftance. =. 
_ They-muft be watered and thaded till they have 
taken Root; and after that they will require only 
to be kept clear from Weeds, and now and _then 
retrefhed with Water in common with the other _ 
Pimms. oS 
They will flower the next Year, and there will 
be among them feveral common fingle Kinds ; 
than the common Number of Petals; and  {e- 
veral very fine double ones. ote 
The ordinary Kinds muft be pulled up as foon 
as the Flowers open: this will give more room 
to the others: the fele& and fine fingle Kinds. 
muft be marked for Seed; and the fine ‘double 
ones managed with all Care to promote the Full- 
nefs and. Beauty of their F lowers. | 
The Seeds thould be faved from the fineft finole 
Kinds as directed ‘before, and fown in the fame 
Manner for a Supply: the Plants never. fower 
fo ftrong, or fo well as the firtt Seafon ; and 
it is beft to depend upon Seeds for an annual 
Store. : | 
The Seeds faved from thefe Plants will not 
very fine Flowers, but the bef Method is’ to 
exchange them annually with fome Perfon of In- 
tegrity at a Diftance. This Sort of -Intereourfe 
is eafy, for it ferves the Purpofes of beth Par- 
ties. a : 
The fineft Flowers may be propagated by 
planting Slips or Cuttings of the Plant: but they 
hever 
plied with it. Therefore the Method is to give 7 
| them in the Flower Garden, and let them be a 
