SECT. XVII 1. 



Or FLOWERS. 



the firft nurfery bed to another, (as foon as their tops 

 are decayed) and planted at fix inches dirtance; and 

 ■ever after treated as blowing plants. Keep them vePf' 

 clear of weeds, particularly the feedings ; whkfi pre ?t 

 in fevere weather from froft, or heavy rairt, by 

 .and hoops. A reed hurdle, or fomething elfe r put up 

 at the Mi E. end, to break off the wind when it is harin, 

 will be proper. 



Fibrous rooted, &c. perennials, if propagated from 

 feed, are to be treated as biennials ; but they are moftly 

 *increafed (as obferved) other ways, with lefs trouble, 

 and chiefly by parting the roots in autumn and fpring, 

 or by rooted flips or offsets, ftiortening their flraggling 

 fibres. Many of them have creeping roots, and in- 

 creafe fo faft, that it is neceffary to take them up every 

 three or four years ; and a removal of this fort is proper 

 for molt perennials, in order to greater neatnefs, and a 

 iuperior cultivation ; for though large tufts look hand* 

 fome, they may be too bulky, and fome kinds are apt to 

 rot (as bachelor s buttons) when thick, the ftalks and 

 flowers come weak, and the leaves,- toward the bot- 

 -rom, turn yellow. 



ia ihe next Jecllcn, is a lift of the moll common, 

 Oinamenral, or curious perennial flowers, (eafy of cul- 

 tivation) having fibrous and f.ejhy roots, of which not 

 ail the forts are named, but thofe only which feemed 

 molt worthy for felection. 



The genera! culture of bulbous and tuberous roots is, 

 to take them up annually, foon after they have flowered ; 

 wfren their leaves and {talks turn yellow and decay, 

 then the root is at rejl, and its fibres die. When firft 

 taken up, lay them covered in dry ground for a few 

 days, and then clean and harden them in the fun, (if 

 not exceeding hot) when they muft be ftored in a dry 

 place, till wanted : damp is apt to rot them. Never 

 put many together, or into earthen yeffels for keeping 

 them, left they mould and iicken. 



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