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:o prevent their drawing up too fail, 

 ifvhich greatly weakens their Stems. 



In about three Weeks or a Month's 

 time, thefe Plants will have grown 

 fo as to meet, and will Hand in need 

 ■>f another Hot-bed, which mould 

 De of a moderate Temper, and co- 

 hered with the fame rich Earth about 

 [ix Inches thick, in which they 

 •hould be planted (obferving to take 

 them up with as much Earth about 

 their Roots as poffible) feven or 

 sight Inches Diitance every Way, 

 giving them fome Water to fettle 

 the Earth about their Roots ; but 

 be very careful not to water them 

 heavily, fo as to bear down the 

 Plants (as was before directed) ; and 

 keep them fhaded in the Heat of the 

 Day, until they have taken frem 

 Roots ; and be fure to refrcfh them 

 often gently with Water, and give 

 them Air in proportion to the Heat 

 of the Weather, covering the Glaffes 

 with Mats every Night, lelt the Cold 

 chill your Beds, and Hop the Growth 

 of the Plants. 



In the Beginning of May you mud 

 provide another Hot -bed, which 

 mould be covered with a deep Frame, 

 that your Plants may have room to 

 grow. Upon this Hot bed you mult 

 let as many Three-peny Pots as can 

 Hand within the Compafs of the 

 Frame : thefe Pots mult be filled with 

 good rich Earth, and the Cavities 

 between each Pot filled up with any 

 common Earth, to prevent the Heat 

 of the Bed from evaporating, and 

 i filling the Frame with noxious 

 i Steams ; then with a Trowel, or fome 

 : fuch Inltrument, take up your Plants 

 : (from the former Ho; bed) with as 

 much Earth as poiTible to the Roots, 

 and place each fingle Plant in the 

 " Middle of one of the Pots, filling 

 the Pot up with the Earth before de- 

 fcribed, and fettle it clofe to the 

 Root of the Plant with your Hands ; 



water them gently, as before, and 

 made them in the Heat of the Day 

 from the Violence of the Sun, by co- 

 vering the Glaffes with Mats ; re- 

 frelh them often with Water, and 

 give them a good Quantity of Air in 

 the Day-time. 



In about'three Weeks more, thefe 

 Plants will have grown to a confi- 

 derable Size and Strength, fo that 

 you mutt now raife the Glaffes very 

 much in the Day-time; and when 

 the Air is foft, and the Sun is cloud- 

 ed, draw off the Glaffes, and expofe 

 them to the open Air, and repeat 

 this as often as the Weather will per- 

 mit ; which will harden them by de- 

 grees to be removed abroad into the 

 Places where they are to remain the 

 whole Seafon : but it is not advife- 

 able to fet thefe Plants out until a 

 Week in July, obferving to do it 

 when the Air is perfectly foft, and, 

 if potable, in a gentle Shower of 

 Rain. 



Let them at fir ft be fet near the 

 Shelter of an Hedge for two or three 

 Days,, where they may be fereen'd 

 from the Violence of the Sun, and 

 ftrong Winds, to which they muft be 

 inured by degrees. Thefe Plants, 

 when grown to a good Stature, per- 

 fpire very freely, and mult be every 

 Day relrelhed with Water,, if the 

 W T eather proves hot and dry ; other- 

 wile they will Hint, and never pro- 

 duce their Plumes fo fine as they 

 would do if taken care of. 



This is the proper Management, 

 in order to have fine Amaranths ; 

 which, if rightly followed, and the 

 Kinds are good, in a favourable Sea- 

 fon will produce wonderful large line 

 Flowers, and are the greateft Orna- 

 ment to a good Garden for upwards 

 of two Months. By this Method, 

 T have had Plants five or fix Feer, 

 with Crefts near a Foot in Breadth ; 

 and I am perfuaded, if the Kind is 

 E 4 good 



