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blown away in a fhort time, it be- 

 ing inclofed in a downy Subftance : 

 you muft preferve this Seed till the 

 Beginning of Augufl, when you may 

 either fow it in Pots, Tubs, or a well- 

 prepared Bed of light Earth : in the 

 doing of it you muft be careful not 

 to let your Seeds be in Heaps ; to 

 avoid which is a thing little under- 

 ftood, and is what I have been in- 

 formed of by Mr. Obadiah Lowe, 

 Gardener at Batterfea, who hath, 

 for feveral Years, raifed large Quan- 

 tities of thefe Flowers from Seeds : 

 his Manner is thus : 



After having levelled his Bed of 

 Earth, in which he intends to fow 

 his Seeds, he rubs the Seeds well be- 

 tween his Hands, with a little dry 

 Sand, in order to make them fepa- 

 race the better ; then he fows them 

 as regularly as pofiible over the Bed ; 

 but as thefe Seeds will Hill adhere 

 clofely together, he takes a ftrong 

 Hair-briiih, and gently fweeps over 

 the whole Bed, obferving not to 

 brum off the Seeds. This Brum will 

 fo feparate the Seeds, if carefully 

 managed, as not to leave any intire 

 Lumps ; then gently fift fome light 

 Earth, about a Quarter of an Inch 

 thick, over the Seeds ; and, if it 

 fhould prove hot dry Weather, it 

 will be advifeable to lay fome Mats 

 hollow upon the Bed in the Heat of 

 the Day, and now-and-then give 

 them a little Water ; but this muft 

 be given gently, left by haftily Wa- 

 tering you wafh the Seeds out of the 

 Ground ; but be fure to uncover the 

 Bed at all times when there are gen- 

 tle Showers, and every Night ; and 

 as the Heat of theWeather decreafes, 

 you may begin to uncover your Bed 

 in the Day-time. 



In about two Months after fow- 

 ing, your Plants will begin to ap- 

 pear, if the Seafon has proved fa- 

 vourable, or your Care in Manage- 



ment hath not been wanting, other- 

 wife they many times remain a 

 whole Year in the Ground. The 

 firft Winter after their appearing 

 above-ground, they are fubjedt to 

 Injuries from hard Frofts, or too 

 much Wet, againft both of which 

 you muft equally defend them ; for 

 the Froft is very apt to loofen the 

 Earth, fo that the young Plants are 

 often turned out of the Ground, af- 

 ter which a fmall Froft will deftroy 

 them ; and too much Wet often rots 

 their tender Roots, fo that all your 

 former Trouble may be loft in a 

 fhort time for want of Care in this 

 Particular ; nor do I know of any 

 thing more deftruclive to thefe ten- 

 der Plants, than the cold black Frofts 

 and Winds of February and March, 

 from which you muft be careful to 

 defend them, by placing a low Reed- 

 fence on the North and Eaft Sides 

 of the Bed, which may be move- 

 able, and only faftened to a few 

 Stakes to fupport it for the prefent, 

 and may be taken quite away as the 

 Seafon advances, or removed to the 

 South and Weft Sides of the Bed, to 

 fcreen it from the Violence of the 

 Sun, which often impairs thefe ten- 

 der Plants. 



As the Spring advances, if the 

 Weather fhould prove dry, you muft 

 gently refrefh them with Water, 

 which will greatly ftrengthen your 

 Roots ; and when the green Leaves 

 are decayed, if your Roots are not 

 too thick to remain in the fame Bed 

 another Year, you muft clear off all 

 the Weeds, and decayed Leaves, from 

 the Bed, and fift a little more of the 

 fame prepared good Earth, about a 

 Quarter of an Inch thick over the 

 Surface ; and obferve to keep them 

 clear from Weeds during the Sum- 

 mer-feafon, and at Michaelmas re- 

 peat. the fame Earthing ; and if your 

 Roots fucceed well, many of them . 



