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be no Shade of Building, or Drip of Trees ; 
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As the Seed which follows the firft Flowers 
is. the. eft, let thefe alone ftand for it: 
when as many are opened (if the Plant be of 
the many flower’d Kinds) as are intended to 
be fuffered to remain, let the reft be taken 
off in the Bud. Let the Stalks be tyed up, 
and the Earth cleared to a good Diftance round } 
thefe Plants, and often broke with a Hoe; and 
watered. | 
_ Let the Growth of the Seed be well watched, 
and let it remain no longer on the Plant than 
rill of the full Size, and a little hardened; 
then fpread it on a Shelf or Table in an airy 
Place; and when it is well dryed in the Pods, 
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{eparate it; and dry it again loofe, | Thus har- 
the Seafon of fowing. Let there be a large 
Quantity faved in this Manner; and if any 
imperfect Seeds appear among them, let them 
be pick’d out and thrown away. oa 
There is nothing fo hurtful in the raifing 
thefe Plants for double flowering, as the Quan- 
tity of bad Seed ufually preferved among the 
good: to this is owing the Abundance of bad 
Plants to a few fine ones. In the Way we 
direct the Seed to be managed, the bad will be 
much fewer; and the whole Growth more pros 
mifing, robuft, and hearty. 
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dened, tie it up in Bags, and referve it till —_— 
, as we have mentioned, and the Mould dug away 
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Of fowing i ue double FLOWERS. 
“TE write for thofe who dare attempt this | let the Seeds be fown very thinly, ‘and let a 
Ye Improvement upon rational Principles; | little Mould be fifted over them: a Straw’s 
and fhall not fuppofe they will grudge the | Breadth is-in moft Cafes- fufficient: but this 
, mecehary. Quantity. of Ground... + — muft be according to the Nature of the Plants, 
As we have direéted a large Parcel of | which we have feverally delivered already. 
“Seed to be fowed, we fhall advife a much When the Seeds are covered, let a fecond 
greater Extent of Bed to be prepared for it, | Parcel be fcattered upon the Surface, and left 
then is ufually judged neceflary ; twice or three uncovered: this fhould be a fmaller Quantity 
Times the ufual Allowance; for in the com- | than the firft; and both together fhould not 
-mon Way, Plants, whofe full Vigour is ex- | be fo much by half as what is commonly 
pected in their fucceeding Growth, are ftinted | ufed for an equal Space of Ground. The 
and ftarved by crowding upon one another. | Gardener will remember, that all the Seed is 
Let a Part of the Seminary be chofen that is | choice, perfect, and like to grow; this makes 
open to the South-Eaft, that has a gentle Af- | the lefs needful; and there will not be that 
cent, and through which the Air blows freely, | Abundance of bad Plants to be removed 
though not from the cold Quarters. Let there | afterwards. a 
Three Days let the Seeds lie as they were 
puf into the Ground; but on the fourth give 
the whole Beds a regular and gentle Watering ; 
and let this be, from that Time forward, re- 
peated every third Day, except when Showers 
prevent. | | | 
If violent Rains come in the mean T ne, 
the Beds muft be defended by a Mat kang 
over them at fome Diftance: this may be done 
by faftening one End to a ftrong Frame of 
-confiderable Height at the back of each Bed, 
and drawing the Mat to the Ground at the 
Foot: fupporting it in the Mid-way in three 
or four Places by Stakes, Something of this 
Kind muft always be in Readinefs for U- 
tis never wanted except in Cafe of fevere 
Showers, but if the Beds were left abfolutely 
expofed to them, whether it were whilé the 
Seed was fhooting, or when the young Plants 
were up, the Deftruction would be very great, 
the Progrefs of the Growth would be inter- 
rupted in them all, and many would be wathed 
out of the Ground. : 
With this Caution they will be eafily fecured 
from great Showers, and the more gentle will 
refrefh them, and be only beneficial, 
When the Plants appear, let it be obferved 
if 
no large Plants near, nor any thing to take 
the Nourifhment from the Seedlings. 
Let fuch a Piece of Ground be marked out 
half a Spade Depth. | 
Bring in Soil from fome Heap of Compoft 
fuited to the Nature of the Plant.. Let it be 
fach as has lain eight or ten Months, and has 
had nothing growing upon it. | 
Let as much of this be brought into the 
Place as will raife a Bed a full Spade Depth or 
fomething more; and let this be carefully laid 
in a floping Form; the Back or higheft Part 
of the Bed being to the North-Weft, and 
the Slope to the Expofure. One Inch in feven 
Foot is about the proper Meafure; fo that in 
a Bed of twenty-one Foot, which is a convenient 
Length, there will be a Defcent of three Inches. 
The whole Piece being thus made into one 
broad Bed, is to be divided into feveral by 
Alleys running up the Length of it. Thefe 
fhould be opened at five Foot Diftance, and 
be juft fo broad as to give Room for walking 
up and down; to obferve the Condition of the 
Plants, and perform the neceffary Operations. | 
Upon thefe Beds, thus divided and laid, | 
