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- jp* Yelhiu ; and that the Tube or Neck 

 be not too nvide. 



All the Flowers of this Kind, that 

 want any of the above-mentioned 

 Properties, are now rejected by every 

 good Florift ; for as the Varieties 

 every Year increafe from Seeds, fo 

 the bad ones are turn'd out to make 

 room for their Betters ; but in fome 

 People the Paffion for new Flowers 

 ib much prevails, that, fuppofmg the 

 old Flower greatly preferable to a 

 new one, if it is of their own raifmg, 

 the latter mull take place of the old 

 one. 



In order to obtain good Flowers 

 from Seeds, you rauft make choice 

 of the beft Flowers you have; which 

 fhould be expofed to the open Air, 

 that they may have tire Benefit of 

 Showers without which they feldom 

 produce good Seeds : the time of 

 their Ripening is in June, which you 

 will eafily know, by their Seed- 

 veffel turning to a brown Colour, 

 and opening : you muft therefore be 

 careful left the Seeds be fcatter'd out 

 of the VefTel ; for it will not be all 

 fit to gather at the fame time. 



The time for fovving this Seed is 

 commonly in Auguft ; but if it be 

 fbwn before Chrijimas, it will be 

 time enough. 



The beftSoil for this Seed is good 

 frefh light fandy Mould, mix'd with 

 very rotten Neats-dung, or Tan- 

 ners Bark : with this you mould fill 

 your Pots, Boxes,or Bafkets, in which 

 you intend to fow your Seeds ; and, 

 having levelPd the Surface of the 

 Earth very fmooth, fow your Seeds 

 thereon, covering it very lightly 

 with rotten Willow-mould taken out 

 of the Stems of decay'd hollow Wil- 

 low-trees ; then cover the Box, &e. 

 with a Net or Wire, to prevent the 

 Cats, Fowls, C3V. from fcratching 

 out, or burying your Seeds too deep ; 

 for whenever this happens, the Seeds 



will remain a Year in the Ground 

 before the Plants appear,if they mould 

 grow at laft ; fo that many Perfons 

 never cover thefe Seeds, but leave 

 them upon the Surface of the Earth, 

 in the Boxe?, for the Rain to wafh 

 them into the Ground, which is often 

 the beft Method: let thefe Boxes, 

 ^ c. be placed fo as to receive half 

 the Day's Sun, during the Winter- 

 feafon ; but in the Beginning of 

 March, remove them where they 

 may have only the morning Sun till 

 Ten of the Clock ; for your young 

 Plants will now foon begin to appear, 

 which, if expofed to one whole Day's 

 Sun only, will be all deftroyed. 



During the Summer- feafon, in 

 dry Weather, often refrefh them 

 with Water ; but never give them 

 too great Quantities at once. In 

 the "July following, your Plants will 

 be large enough to tranfplant, at 

 which time you muft prepare a Bed, 

 or Boxes, filled with the above- 

 mentioned Soil, in which you may 

 plant them about three Inches fquare, 

 and, if in Beds, you muft (hade them 

 every Day, till they are thoroughly 

 rooted, as alfo in very hot cry Wea- 

 ther ; but if they are in Bafkets, or 

 Boxes, they may be removed to a 

 ihady Place. 



When the feedling Auricula's are 

 planted in Beds, fome rotten Neats- 

 dung fhoi.'ld be laid about ten Inches 

 under the Surface, and beaten down 

 clofe and fmooth : this will prevent 

 the Worms from drawing the young 

 Plants out of the Earth, which they 

 generally do where this is not prac- 

 ticed : this Dung mould be laid about 

 a Foot thick, which will intirely 

 prevent the Worms getting thro' it 

 until the Plants are well eftablilhed 

 in the Beds ; and the Roots of the 

 Auricula's will ftrike down into the 

 Dung by the Spring, which will 

 make their Flowers ftrongcr than- 



ofual : 



