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Roots in Winter. The Way to in- 



creafe them is, by parting their 

 Roots in duguft, before they fhoot 

 up thtir frefh green Leaves. Thefe 

 Plants growing pretty tall, are pro- 

 per for large Border , or to inix 

 with Flowers of large Growth, in 

 fmali Quarters or Bolquets in Wil- 

 deinefswork ; but mull' not be 

 planted in Borders of fmal) Fiowers, 

 where, by their iarge fpreading 

 Ro>ts, they would dellroy their 

 weaker neighbouring Plants. 



1 he yel ow Sort multiplies very 

 fall by Root 1 -, and will loon over- 

 spread a large Border, if lufrered to 

 remain un removed, or the Side-roots 

 are not taken off ; but the other 

 Sort- are not fo productiv e of Shoots 

 from their Sides, and are much bet- 

 ter kept within Bounds. 



.AH the Sorts of Afphodel are very 

 pretty Ornaments for a Flower-gar- 

 den, and, requiring very little Trou- 

 ble to cultivate them, are rendered 

 more acceptable. They may be all 

 prop.) gated by Seed?, which (hould 

 be iown loon after they are ripe, on 

 a warm Border of frefh light Earth : 

 in the Spri g the Plants will appear, 

 when you fhould carefully clr-ar them 

 from Weeds, and in dry Weather 

 they mull be frequently watered: 

 if thia be du ! y obferved, the Plants 

 W-ll have acquired Strength enough 

 to be tranfp anted by the Michaelmas 

 following ; at which lime you mull 

 prepare a Bed of fr.fli Hath in the 

 Flower - nurkry, into which you 

 Ihould plant the RoL't% at about fix 

 Inches Dillance every Way ; ob- 

 ferving to plant th-m fo low, as that 

 the Top or the Roots may be three 

 or four Inches under the Surface of 

 the Bed : in this Bed they may re- 

 main one Year, during which time 

 thev Ihould' be frequently refrefhed 

 with Water in dy Weather, and 

 mull be kept very clear from Weeds. 



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In this time the Roots having ac- 

 quired Strength enough to produce 

 Flowers the following Year, they 

 mould at Michaelmas, when their 

 Reaves are decayed, be carefully 

 taken up, and tranfplanted into the 

 F'ower-garden, obferving to place 

 them in the Middle of the B r- 

 ders, among other hardy Kinds of 

 Flowers, where being properly in- 

 termixed, they will make an agree- 

 able Variety, and continue a long 

 time in Flower. 



Thefe Plants may alio be propa- 

 gated by parting of their Roots ; 

 but this mull not be too often re- 

 peated, left it weaken the Roots, 

 and prevent tl.eir flowering fo ltrong 

 as they otheruife would do Once 

 in three Years will be often enough 

 to trani'plant the Roots, at which 

 time you may feparate thoie which 

 are g^own large, fo as to make two 

 or three Roots of each : but do not 

 part them too fmall ; for that will 

 fo weaken'them as to prevtnt their 

 flowering the following Summer. 

 The bell time to tranfpUnt thefe 

 Roots is at Michaelmas* juft when 

 their Leaves begin to decay. 



A S P L E N J U M, or Ceterach, 

 Spleenwort, or Miltwafte. 

 The Characters are ; 



The Lea-vis are like tkofe of the 

 Polypody, but I fs, and 'pretty round, 

 notched tonxaid the Sid/ ; downy, 

 halving a fquamaus Vuft, in which, 

 by 1 be Help of a Micro/cope, membra- 

 nous Capfulae or Se>d-pods<. lying clofe 

 tc one another , are perceived, eueiy 

 one furn'Jbed with a littl round 'Rope 

 which hy its Conftruclion opening the 

 Fruit into 'two Farts, pours forth cer- 

 tain very fmall Seeds: (he R ot is 

 fibrous. This Plant thrives in jlony 

 Places, as in [Fails, &c. 



This Plant is of the Fern kind, 

 and grows upon old moid fhacy 

 WallS in divers Parts of England ; 



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