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the Weather, by arching the Beds 

 over with Hoops, or Tome fuch tking, 

 and covering them with Garden- 

 mats or Cloths, in frofty Nights, and 

 bad Weather, efpecially in the Spring 

 of the Year, when their Buds begin 

 to appear ; for otherwife, if you 

 plant the beft and moil double Flow- 

 ers, the black Frofts and cutting 

 Winds in March will caufe them to 

 blow fingle, by deftroying theThrum 

 that is in the Middle of the Flower; 

 and this, many times, hath occa- 

 fioned People to think they were 

 cheated in the Purchafe of their 

 Roots, when it was wholly owing 

 to their Neglect of covering them. 



In the Beginning of April your 

 firft-planted Roots will begin to 

 flower, which will continue for three 

 Weeks, or more, according to the 

 Heat of the Weather, or Manage- 

 ment in covering them, during the 

 Heat of the Day, with Mats or 

 Cloths ; then the fecond-planted Sorts 

 will come to fucceed them, and thefe 

 v/ill be followed by thofe planted in 

 the Spring ; fo that you may have 

 thefe . Beauties continued for near 

 two Months together, or fometimes 

 longer, if the Seafon prove favour- 

 able. 



Towards the Middle or Latter- 

 end of May, the Leaves of your 

 firft-blown Roots will decay ; at 

 which time you muft take them out 

 of the Ground, clearing them from 

 decayed Stalks, and warning them, 

 to take the Earth clean from the 

 Roots ; then fpread them on a Mat 

 in a dry lhady Place, till they are 

 perfectly dried, when you may put 

 them up in Bags, and hang them out 

 of the Reach of Mice, or other Ver- 

 min, which will deftroy many of the 

 Roots, if thev can come at them. 



Obferve alfo to take up the latter- 

 planted Roots as foon as their Leaves 

 decay; for if they are fuffered to 



remain long after in the Ground, 

 and there mould fall fome Showers 

 of Rain, they will foon put forth 

 frefh Fibres, and make new Shoots, 

 when it would be too late to remove 

 them : at the time when you take 

 up the Roots, is the proper Seafon 

 for breaking or parting them, which 

 may be done by feparating thofe that 

 you would choofe to make all pofii- 

 ble Increafe from, into as many Parts 

 as you can conveniently, provided 

 each one of them have a good Eye 

 or Bud ; but thofe you intend to blow 

 ftrong, mould by no means be part- 

 ed too fmall, which greatly weak- 

 ens their Flowering. 



The principal Colours in Anemo- 

 nies are, White, Red, Blue, and Pur- 

 ple ; and thefe, in fome of them, are 

 curioufly intermixed ; but the mod 

 prevailing Colours amongit our Eng- 

 li/b-ra\te<\ Anemonies, are White and 

 Red ; but of late we have received 

 from France great Varieties of Blues 

 and Purples, which are exceeding 

 fine Flowers : we mould therefore 

 obferve, in planting the Roots, to 

 diitribute the different Colours, fo as 

 to make an agreeable Mixture of 

 each in every Bed, which will great- 

 ly add to their Beauty. 



But fince all the fine Varieties of 

 thefe Flowers were firft obtained 

 from Seeds, no good Florift, that 

 hath Garden-room, Ihould neglect to 

 fow their Seeds ; in order to which, 

 we mould provide ourfelves with a 

 Quantity of good fingle (or Poppy) 

 Anemo; ies, as they are called, of 

 the beft Colours, and fuch as have 

 ftrong Stems, large Flowers, and 

 other good Properties : thefe mould 

 be planted early, that they may have 

 Strength to produce good Seeds, 

 which will be ripe in three Weeks 

 or a Month's time, after the Flow- 

 ers are paft ; when you muft care- 

 fully gather it, other *vii"e it will be 



blown 



