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OF FLOWERS. SECT. XVIIl. 



Bulbs, propagated from offsets, produce a flower ex- 

 actly like the parent ; and varieties are only to be ob- 

 tained from feed, which never produces flowers quite 

 like the original the feed came from. ' 



Let feed be faved only from choice flowers, be 

 » thorough ripe, and being hardened a little in the fun, 

 .may be fowed foon alter, in pots, or boxes, of good 

 light earth. See page 584. Pei fons of leifure and cu- 

 riofity, would do well to amufe themfelves in this way% 

 that we may not be fo much indebted to foreigners, for 

 a fupply of new flowers*. 



An observation may be here made, that the fame 

 bulb (as is often thought) does not always continue ; 

 for fome are reneived every year, as the tulip ; and 

 others the fecond, third, &c. ; fo that when taken up 

 to remove offsets, the principal bulb of the tulip, &c. 

 which is commonly eiteemed the old one, is,, in faft^ 

 a neiv formed one-, though (perhaps) not lefs in fize, 

 and it may be bigger. 



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As many Shrubs (1. e. woody plants) are propa- 

 gated in a view principally to their fovjers, they will 

 properly enough be confidered a little here, as to their 

 propagation. See feflion 9. 



The deciduous fnrubs that are moll ufually cultivated 

 for their ornamental nature, will be found in the lilts 

 of the next Jeclion ; and their modes of propagation are 

 denoted thus :— b> budding — c. cuttings — ^v-graff — 

 /. layers — r. roots—/, feeds— fl. flips — y'^. fuckers— by 

 r. r&ots, includes offsets. 



Of the various methods, of propagating trees and 

 flirubs, that by feed is the beft, where it can be adopted 

 (as has been obferved) and the feafon is autumn or 

 fpring. If in autumn , it may be earlier, or later, as 

 the feeds ripen ; for foon after they are ripe is the moft 

 proper time to commit them to the earth, covering the 



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