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«fual : thefe Beds mould be expofed 

 to the Eaft, and fcreened from the 

 South Sun. 



When you have taken all your 

 Plants, which are now come up, 

 out of your Boxes or Pots, level 

 the Earth gently again ; for it of:en 

 happen^ that fome of the Seeds will 

 lie in the Ground two Years before 

 they appear, efpecially if they were 

 covered too deep when fown, as was 

 before obferved. 



The Spring following many of 

 thefe Flowers will fhew ; when you 

 may fele& fuch of them as have 

 good Properties, which mould be 

 removed each of them into a Pot of 

 the fame prepared Earth, and pre- 

 ferved until the next Seafon, at 

 which time you will be capable to 

 form a Judgment of the Goodnefs 

 of the Flower ; but thofe that pro- 

 duce plain-colourM or fmall Flowers, 

 mould be taken out, and planted in 

 Borders in the Out-parts of the Gar- 

 den, to make a Shew, or gather 

 for Nofegays, &c. the others, which 

 do not produce their Flowers the 

 fame Year, may be taken up, and 

 tranfplanted into a frefh Bed, to re- 

 main till you fee how they will 

 prove. 



The manner of propagating thefe 

 Flowers when obtained, is from OfF- 

 fets, or Slips, taken from the old 

 Roots in April, when the Flowers 

 are in Bloom : thefe OfF-fets mull 

 be planted into fmall Pots filled with 

 the fame Sort of Earth, as was be- 

 fore directed for the Seedlings ; and, 

 during the Summer-feafon, mould 

 be fet in a fhady Place, and mult 

 be often refrefhed with Water ; but 

 in the Winter mould be fhehered 

 from violent Rains : the Spring fol- 

 lowing, thefe young Plants will pro- 

 duce Flowers, tho 1 but weak : loon 

 after they are paft flowering, you 

 mail put them into larger Pots, and 



the fecond Year they will blow in 



Perfection. 



But, in order to obtain a fine 

 Bloom of thefe Flowers, you mull 

 obferve the following Directions. 



Firfi, Preferve your Plants from 

 too much Wet in Winter, which 

 c ften rots and fpoils them ; but let 

 them have as much free open Air 

 as polfible ; nor mould they be to© 

 much expofed to the Sun, which is 

 apt to forward their budding for 

 Flower too foon ; and the frofty 

 Mornings, which often happen in 

 March, do thereby deftroy their 

 Buds, if they are not protected there- 

 from. 



Secondly, In the Beginning of Fe- 

 bruary, if the Weather is mild, 

 you mull take off the Upper-part of 

 the Earth in the Auricula's Pots, as 

 low as you can without difturbing 

 the Roots, and fill up the Pots with 

 frefh rich Earth, which will greatly 

 ftrengthen them for Bloom ; as 

 alfo prepare your OfF-fets for tranf- 

 planting in Jpril, by caufmg them 

 to pufh out new Roots. 



Thofe Plants which have ftrong 

 fingle Heads, always produce the 

 largeft Gutters of Flowers : there- 

 fore the curious Florifts pull ofF the 

 Off fets as foon as it can be done 

 with Safety to their growing in Au- 

 tumn, to encourage the Mother- 

 plants to flower the ftronger ; they 

 alfo pinch off the Flowers in Au- 

 tumn, where they are produced, 

 and fuffer them not to open, that 

 the-Plants mould not be weakened 

 thereby. 



Thirdly, You muft cover your 

 Pots with Mats in frofty Weather, 

 during this time of their Budding 

 for Flower, left the {harp Mornings 

 blight them, and prevent their 

 blowing. 



Fourthly, When your Flower- 

 ftems begin to advance, and the 

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