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The Seeds of all the Sorts mould 

 be Town foon after they are ripe ; 

 Dtherwife they feldom grow. They 

 flower ufually the Beginning of April, 

 md their Seeds are ripe the End of 

 May; which, if permitted to fcatter, 

 will come up, and often fucceed 

 Detter than thofe which are fovvn. 

 rhe annual Sorts perifh as foon as 

 :he Seeds are ripe ; but the others 

 will live in an open Border for fe- 

 deral Years, and require no other 

 Care, but to keep them clean from 

 Weeds. , 



ANDROSiEMUM, TutCan or 

 Park-leaves. 



We have but one Species of this 

 Plant ; viz. 



AndroSjEMUM maximum frute- 

 r cens. C. B. P. 280. Tutfan or 

 Park : leaves. 



This Plant grows wild in many 

 Parts of England, and is feldom pre- 

 ferved in Qardens : it delights in 

 [hady Places, growing, for the molt 

 Dart, under Hedges or Trees. 



ANEMONE, Wind-flower. 

 The Characters are ; 



It hatb a Jtmple Stalk, which is 

 Surrounded by a Leaf: upon the Top 

 if the Stalk is produced one naked 

 Flower, which confijls of many Petals 

 T or Flower- leaves) with many Sta- 

 Tiina orThreads in theCentre : the Seeds 

 ire collected into an c hlong Head, which 

 art furrounded with a copious Down. 



There are a great Variety of thefe 

 Flowers preferved in the Gardens 

 pf the curious Florifts, which are 

 :ommonly divided into two Gaffes; 

 viz.. the broad and narrow-leav'd 

 Sorts: under each of thefe Diviflons, 

 ,:here are a great Variety, which 

 differ in the Shape, Colour, or Size 

 )f the Flower. To mention ail the 

 ^articular Sorts which are preferved 

 n our Gardens only, would be tire- 

 bme to the Reader, and of little 

 Jfe : I mail therefore proceed to 



the Culture of them ; and firlt, of 

 the Soil proper to blow them to great 

 Advantage. 



Take a Quantity of freu untry'd 

 Earth (from a Common, or fome 

 other Pafture-land) that is of a light 

 fandy Loam, or hazel Mould ; ob- 

 ferving not to take it above ten 

 Inches deep below the Surface; and 

 if the Turf be taken with it, the 

 better, provided it hath time to rot 

 thoroughly before it is ufed : mix 

 this with a third Part of rotten Cow- 

 dung, and lay it in an Heap, keep- 

 ing it turned over at leafl: once a 

 Month for eight or ten Months, the 

 better to mix it, and rot the Dung 

 and Turf, and to let it have the 

 Advantages of the free Air: in do- 

 ing this Work, be careful to rake 

 out all great Stones, and break the 

 Clods (but I would by no means ap- 

 prove of lifting or fcreening the 

 Earth, which I have found very- 

 hurtful to many Sorts of Roots) ; 

 for when Earth is made very fine, 

 upon the ririt great Rains of Win- 

 ter or Spring, the fmall Particles 

 thereof join clofely together, and 

 form one folid Mafs, fo that the 

 Roots often perim for want of fome 

 fmall Stones to keep the Particles 

 afunder, and make way for the 

 tender Fibres to draw Nourilhment 

 for the Support of the Root. 



This Earth mould be mixed 

 twelve Months before it is ufed, 

 if poffible ; but if you are con- 

 tained to ufe it fooner, you mull: 

 turn it over the oftener, to mellow 

 and break the Clods ; and obferve 

 to take out all the Parts of the 

 Green-fward, that are not quite rot- 

 ten, before ycu ufe it, which would 

 be prejudicial to your Roots, if 

 fuffered to remain. The Beginning 

 of September is a proper Seafon to 

 prepare the Beds for Planting; which, 

 if ia a wet Soil, ihould be raifed 



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