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dicads upon the fame Principle, the fupplying 
them well with Nourifhment, and the changing 
the Soil. 
We will fuppofe the Plants be of thofe Kinds 
which ate fown in Spring, take their Growth 
during the Summer, aiid flower the fucceeding 
Seafon. Thefe require three careful Dreffings; as 
we fhall now lay down the Rules: and all 
that is required farther, for thofe which are 
longer before they come to flower, is, that | 
they muft have the fame Care repeated fo often 
each Year. For the Kinds we fuppofe, which 
are thofe fown in the Spring, in order to their 
flowering the following Summer, this is the 
Management. 
As we let them grow larger in the Seed 
Bed than thofe can iho fow them too thick, or 
than thofe who intend to remove them feveral 
Times, a great deal of Care is to be taken 
of them in hte planting out into their fecond 
Bed. They muft be fhaded with the Mats 
till perfectly rooted, and after that they are 
to be left to take their remaining Summers 
Growth without any farther Affiftance, than 
careful Weeding, breaking the Ground at Times 
between them, and watering according to the 
Weather. 
In this Manner they are to ftand the Summer; 
but in the mean time Preparation muft be 
made for affifting them at thofe Periods when’ 
they are taking their laft Growth, and fetting 
for Flower. | 
Toward the latter End of September they muft 
haveone Refrefhment; andinthefucceeding Spring | 
and Summer two more. The Compotts for thefe 
Services muft be prepared now, and they muft be 
all.made to vary in fome Degree from one ano- 
ther, though all muft be of the fame general 
Nature. 
low the better, therefore it will be right to pre- | 
The longer thefe Compofts lie to mel- 
pare the three Heaps now, and it may be 
done in this Manner. 
Let a Quantity of Cornpoft be taken from fome 
Heap of a proper Quality; though different in 
the Ingredients from that ufed for making the 
laft Bed. Let this be divided into three Par- 
cels; and let a Stick with a Figure be pre- 
pared to fet upright in each, that the Gar- 
dener may know which is which. 
With the firft Parcel let him mix fine River 
Mud in the Proportion of one half: that is, 
let the Heap be compofed of equal Parts of 
_ the Compoft and of the Mud, and marked 
as we have directed, Number one. 
With the fecond Parcel let him mix Wacal 
pile Earth in the Proportion of one third Part, 
and let this be mixed up well, and marked Num- 
ber two. 
With the third Parcel let him mix old Cow 
Dung in the Quantity of one fourth Part, 
Lict thefe alfo be well worked together, and 
marked Number three. 
This fhould be done early in Summer ; there 
is no Expence in it, and very little Trouble; 
and the Confequence will be, that all lying in 
Readinefs the Work will be eafy; and the Va- | 
A GOMPLEAT BODY, &. 
riety of the feveral Soils will give the Piants Octob. 
| ber three. 
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the full Advantage of frequent Removals without 
the Check. 
Manner. 
Toward the End of Siptombet let the Surface 
of the Beéds be par’d away, ot dtawn off with 
a Hoe to the Depth of one Incli; obferving 
to work tenderly juft about the Stems of the 
Plants: Ii thé Place of this let the Gardener 
bring in as much of the Heap numbered one, 
as will raife the Bed half an Inch higher than 
it was ; and, after this, let him gather up a fmall 
Quantity round the Stem of each particular 
Plant. The Quantity will be thus an Inch 
and half every where elfe; and two Inches or 
more about the Stems of the Plants. 
This is to remain all Winter. It will by 
the additional Thicknefs defend the Roots againft 
the Froft, and it will ferve in the Place of a 
Tranfplantation, by giving a new Soil about 
the upper Roots, while the Plants are kept 
from any Check by the lower, which continue 
unremoved. 
In the Beginning of Spring, when the Plants 
are about to make their firft Effort, toward 
the Shoot for flowering, take off an Inch Depth or 
fomewhat more of the whole Surface of the Bed ; 
and in the fame careful Manner avoid injuring 
the Roots. 
This will take off all the Compoft laf laid 
on, for it will by this Time be fhrunk within 
that Compafs. In the Place of this fpread 
on as much from the Heap Number /wo, as 
will raife the Bed half an Inch above the 
former Level; and from Time to Time, as 
the Spring advances, water the Ground. 
Laftly, when the Buds for flowering are feen 
upon the Plants, take off the Surface once again, 
and fill up the Place of it from the Heap Num- 
This compleats the Dreffings, 
After this the Surface muft be basis lightly 
with a Hoe 6nce in a Week, and every Day the 
Plants muft be very thoroughly watered in the 
Morning; for that is the Time when they 
draw Nourifhment moft brifkly: and again to- 
ward Evening. But in all this Watering, Re- 
gard muft be had to the Temper of the 
eid It muft not be wetted like Pap; 
but as much Water muft be given as it will 
receive, retaining the proper Condition for the 
Paffage and Subfiftence of the Roots. 
In this Manner they will be bodehe: to 
flower under all thofe Advantages Nature takes 
in the enlarging and doubling of Flowers. ‘There 
will be fome fingle ; and, in Spite of all this 
Care, fome bad amoneft them. 
Thefe muft be taken up; and the fame 
Encouragement piven to the others for the 
fllowing Year. 
The firt muft be marked then for Seed ; 
and this entire Method followed in raifing the 
Plants. The fecond Offspring will fhew the full 
Succefs of the Practice; and the Gardener will 
know there is fuch an Art as that of raifing 
double Flowers with Certainty. 
EDEN: 
They are to be ufed in the following - 
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