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an Inch with the fame light Earth, 

 placing the Pots or Cafes fo as to 

 receive the morning Sun only, till 

 Eleven o'Clock, obferving alfo to 

 refrefli the Earth with Water as often 

 as it may need it : in about a 

 Month's time your Plants will come 

 up, and if kept clear from Weeds, 

 and duly watered, will be fit to 

 tranfplant in the Beginning of June; 

 at which time you Ihould prepare 

 fome Beds, of the fame Sort of Earth 

 as was directed to fow them in, in 

 an open airy Situation, in which you 

 ihould plant them at about three 

 Inches fquare, obferving to water 

 and (hade them, as the Seafon may 

 require, being careful alfo to keep 

 them clear from Weeds : in thefe 

 Beds they may remain until the Be- 

 ginning of AuguJI, by which time 

 they will have grown fo large as 

 almoft to meet each other ; then pre- 

 pare foine more Beds of the like 

 good Earth, in Quantity propor- 

 tionable to the Flowers you have 

 raifed, in which you mould plant 

 them at fix Inches Diftance each 

 Way, and not above four Rows in 

 each Bed, for the more conveniently 

 laying fuch of them as may prove 

 worthy preferving; for in thefe Beds 

 they mould retrain to flower. 



The Alleys between thefe Beds 

 mould be two Feet wide, that you 

 may pafs between the Beds to weed 

 and clean them. When your Flowers 

 begin to blow, you muit look over 

 them to fee if any of them proffer 

 to make good Flowers; which as 

 foon as you difcover, you mould 

 lay down all the Layers upon them : 

 thofe which are well marked, and 

 blow whole without breaking their 

 Pods, mould be referred to plant 

 in Borders to furnim you with Seed ; 

 and thofe which burft their Buds, 

 and feem to have good Properties, 

 ihould be planted in Pots, to try 



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what their Flowers will be, when 

 managed according to Art: and it 

 is not till the fecond Year that you 

 can pronounce what the Value of a 

 Flower will be, which is in propor- 

 tion to the Goodnefs of its Proper- 

 ties : but, that you may be well 

 acquainted with what the Florifts 

 call good Properties, I mall here fet 

 them down. 



1. The Stem of the Flower mould 

 be ftrong, and able to fupport the 

 Weight of the Flower without lope- 

 ing down. 



2. The Petal?, or Leaves of the 

 Flower, fliould be long, broad, and 

 ftiff, and pretty eafy to expand ; or, 

 as the Florins term them, fliould be 

 free Flowers. 



3. The middle Pod of the Flower 

 fliould not advance too high above 

 the other Part of the Flower. 



4. The Colours fliould be bright, 

 and equally marked all over the 

 Flower. 



5. The Flower mould be very full 

 of J -eaves, fo as to render it, when 

 blown, very thick and high in the 

 Middle, and the Outfide perfectly 

 round. 



Having made choice of fuch of 

 your Flowers as promife well for the 

 large Sort, thefe you Ihould mark 

 feparately for Pots, and the round 

 whole-blowing Flowers for Borders: 

 then pull up all Angle Flowers, 

 or fuch as are ill-coiour'd, and not 

 worth preferving, that your good 

 Flowers may have the more A r and 

 Room to grow ftrong : thefe having 

 been laid, as foon as they have taken 

 Root, which will be iome time in 

 Augnji, they fliould be taken off, 

 and planted out, thofe that blow 

 large, in Pots, and the other in Bor- 

 ders, as hath been already directed. 



Of late Years the whole- blowing 

 Flowers have been much more 

 efleemed than thofe large Flowers 



which 



