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keep the roots dry ; and before lharp frofts come, 

 covering round with litter. By fuch a pra&ice, feveral 

 forts of tender things that die down to the ground, may 

 be p refer ved abroad. 



Anemone, the garden (in contradiftinftion to the 

 wood) we have in great variety of very* fine forts, di- 

 vided generally into two kinds; i.e. narrow and broad 

 leaved ; the latter is the hardier. The full doubles 

 only are efteemed choice flowers ; but the femi-doubka, 

 and Angles, are fhowy enough for ordinary borders, 

 The fmgk, or poppy anemomes, (fo called from their 

 form) frequently blow as early as February, or fooner : 

 and thus become valuable, for decorating the ground 

 at fo dreary a feafon, The wood kinds bear large 

 flowers ; and are very ufeful ornaments for the borders 

 of Shrubberies^ See. at an early feafon, for which rea- 

 fon, they (hould be planted in the moll frequented 

 fhady places. 



Colchicum, or meadow fafiron, flowers about Af/- 

 chaelmas, and may be kept out of ground from May 

 (or decay of the Uaf) to Mid Auguji. It is a remark- 

 able property of this flower, (not however peculiar to 

 it alone) that it makes its appearance before the leaves, 

 which grow all winter and fpring. The colchlcums 

 are pretty plants for the end of the flowery feafon, 

 (OclobtrJ which makes them eftimable objects near 

 the hopfe, where they may be often feen. The flower 

 fometimes called fpring cokhicum, is the bulbocodium, 

 which fee. 



Cyclamen, the forts flowering in winter (Perjian) 

 are too tender for open culture ; but clofe under a 

 warm wall, with occafional protection of a hand-glafs, 

 they have fucceeded. A culture of this nature is ra- 

 ther to be attempted, as houfing (except in places where 

 they have much air) does not fuit them ; the roots 

 often moulding and rotting when kept clofe. The 

 colours of the Perjian forts are red, purple and white. 

 Let them have a light, and deeply dug dry foil, not too 



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