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per to mix with other Flowers, for 

 Pots to adorn Chimneys or Halls, at 

 that Seafon. 



They are all raifed by fowing the 

 Seeds, or parting the old Roots ; but 

 the former Method is chiefly pra- 

 difed j for the old Roots are very 

 apt to degenerate after they have 

 blown two Years, and become quite 

 plain. 



The Seeds mould be fown in a 

 Nurfery-bed in Augufl or September ; 

 for the Seeds kept till Spring feldom 

 grow well : in the March following 

 your young Plants will appear above- 

 ground ; you muft therefore clear 

 them from Weeds, and if the Sea- 

 fon mould be dry, refrefh them with 

 Water, that they may gather 

 Strength. 



In the Beginning of May thefe 

 Plants will be itrong enough to tranf- 

 plant ; you mull therefore prepare 

 fome Beds of good frefh undung'd 

 Earth, planting them therein at eight 

 or nine Inches Diftance every Way, 

 keeping them clear from Weeds, and 

 refreshing them with a little- Water, 

 as they may requ-.re it. 



At Michaelmas you may remove 

 them into the Borders of the Flower- 

 garden, and the May following they 

 will produce Flowers ; but if you in- 

 tend to maintain their Roots, you 

 mould not fuffer them to feed, but 

 crop off all their Flower-Items as 

 the Flowers are pad. 



But in order to be fure of having 

 no fingle or bad Flowers in your 

 Borders, you may fuffer them to re- 

 mam in the Nurfery-beds until they 

 have blown ; at which time you may 

 itick a Stake by each Root you fanfy 

 to preferve, and pull out all the An- 

 gle or bad- coloured ones 5 and throw 

 them away, cutting off all the Flow- 

 ers from your belt. Roots as foon as 

 they have fhewn themselves, which 

 will greatly add to the preferring 



them fair in their Colours; and thefe 

 Roots will be ltrong enough to di- 

 vide at Michaelmas, when you may 

 tranfplant them into your Borders ; 

 but do not divide them too fmall, 

 which will weaken their Bloom the 

 fucceeding Year. 



In order to keep up a Succeflion 

 of gooc Flowers, you mould fow 

 frelh Seeds every Year ; and if you 

 can meet with a Friend, at fome Di- 

 ftance, who is furnim'd with good 

 Flowers of this Kind, it will be very 

 advantageous to both Parties, to ex- 

 change Seeds once in two Years ; by 

 which means they will not be apt to 

 degenerate into plain Colours. 



In faving the Seeds of the vari- 

 egated Col umbines, great Care mould 

 be taken not to fuffer any plain 

 Flowers to remain for Seed ; there 

 being generally fome plain Flowers 

 intermixed with the ftriped ones in 

 the fame Plant, and often in the fame 

 Branches : thefe mould be cut off ; 

 for if they are permitted to feed, 

 they will degenerate into plain Co- 

 lours ; fo that there cannot be too 

 much Care taken in faving the Seeds, 

 where the Beauty of their Flower* 

 is regarded. 



The Rofe Columbine* are of va- 

 rious Colours, fome of which are 

 beautifully variegated : the Flowers 

 of thefe differ in their Make from 

 the common Sort, thefe having none 

 of the horned Petals, but only plain, 

 ones ; fuch as are intermixed with 

 the horned ones of the double Flow- 

 ers of the common Sort ; but as the 

 Seeds of thefe often introduce Plants 

 of the common Sort, fo we may 

 reckon it only as a Variety of that ; 

 though, from Numbers of Trials, I 

 could never raife one of thefe from 

 the Seeds of the common Sort ; but 

 I have feveral times had the com- 

 mon Sort raifed from the Seeds of 

 this. 



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