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In the Middle of February, if the 

 Seafon is good, you rauft tranfplant 

 thefe Layers into Pots for their 

 Bloom, which mould be about feven 

 or eight Inches over at the Top in 

 the Clear ; in the doing of which, 

 obferve to put fome Pot (herds, or 

 Oyfter-fhells, over the Holes in the 

 Bottoms of the Pots, to keep the 

 Earth from Hopping them, which 

 would detain the Water in the Pots, 

 to the great Prejudice of the Flowers : 

 then fxi 1 thefe Pots about half way 

 with the fame good Com poll as was 

 before directed, and lhake the Plant 

 out of the fmall Pots with all the 

 Earth about the Roots ; then, with 

 your Hands, take off fome of the 

 Earth round the Outfide of the Ball, 

 and from the Surface, placing one 

 good Plant exactly in the Middle of 

 each Pot, fo that it may Itand well 

 as to the Height, /. e. not fo low 

 as to bury the Leaves of the. Plant 

 with Earth; nor fo high, that the 

 Shank may be above the Rim of the 

 Pot ; then fill the Pot up with the 

 Earth before-mentioned, clohng it 

 gently to the Plant wich your Hands, 

 giving it a little Water, if the Wea- 

 ther is dry, to fettle the Earth about 

 it ; then place thefe Pots in a Suua 

 tion where they may be defended 

 from the North Wind ; obferving 

 to give them gentle Waterings, as 

 tjie Seafon may require. 



In this Place they may remain till 

 the Middle or Latter-end of Jpri/ t 

 when you mould prepare a Stage 

 of Boards to fet the Pots upon, 

 which mould be fo ordered, as to 

 have little Cifterns of Water round 

 each Poll, to prevent the Infetts 

 from getting to your Flowers in 

 their Bloom ; which if they are fuf- 

 fered td do, will mar all your La- 

 bour, by deitroying all your Flowers 

 in a fhort time : the chief and moll 

 miichievous Infect in this Cafe is, 

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the Earwig, which will gnaw oflf all 

 the lower Parts of the Petals of the 

 Flowers, which are very fweet, and 

 thereby caufe the whole Flower to 

 fall to Pieces : but fince the making 

 one of thefe Stages is fomcwhat ex- 

 penfive, and not very eafy to be 

 underftood by fuch as have never 

 feen them, J ihall defcribe a very 

 limple one, which I have ufed for 

 feveral Year 1 , which anfwers the 

 Purpofe full as well as the belt and 

 moft expenfive one can do : Firft, 

 prepare fome common flat Pans, 

 about a Foot or fourteen Inches 

 over, and three Inches deep ; place 

 thefe two and two oppofite to each 

 other, at about two Feet Dftance ; 

 and at every eight Feet in length- 

 ways, two of thefe Pans : in each 

 of thefe whelm a Flower-pot, which 

 mould be about fix Inches over at 

 the Top, upfide down, and lay a 

 flat Piece of Timber, about two 

 Feet antl an half long, and three 

 Inches thick, crofs from Pot to Pot, 

 till you have rimmed the whole 

 Length of your Stage ; then lay 

 your Planks length-ways upon thefe 

 Timbers, which will hold two Rows 

 of Planks for the Size-pots which 

 were ordered for the Carnations: 

 and when you have fet your Pots 

 upon the Stage, fill the flat Pans 

 with Water, always obferving, as 

 it decreafes in the Pans, to replenifh 

 it, which will effectually guard your 

 Flowers again It Infects ; for they do 

 not care to fvvim over Water ; fo 

 that if by this, or any other Con- 

 trivance, the Paflage from the Ground 

 to the Stage, on which the Pots are 

 placed, is defended by a Surface of 

 Water three or four Inches broad, 

 and as much in Depth, it will ef- 

 fectually prevent thefe Vermin from 

 getting to the Flowers. 



The Stage mould be placed in a 

 Situation open to the South-eaft, but 

 defended 



