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defended from the Weft Winds, to 

 which thefe Stages muft not be ex- 

 pofed, left the Pots mould be blown 

 down by the Violence of that Wind, 

 which is often very troublefome, at 

 the Seafon when thefe Flowers blow : 

 indeed they mould be defended by 

 Trees at fome Diitance, from the 

 Winds of every Point ; but thefe 

 Trees mould not be too near the 

 Stage, nor by any means place 

 them near Walls, or tall Buildings ; 

 for in fuch Situations the Stems of 

 the Flowers will draw up too weak. 

 About this time, *vh&. the Middie of 

 April, your Layers will begin to 

 fhoot up for Flower; you muft there- 



I fore be provided with fome fquare 

 Deal -fticks, about four Feet and an 

 half long, which mould be thicker 

 toward the Bottom, and planed off 



, taper at the Top: thefe Sticks mould 

 be carefully ftuckinto thePotsasnear 

 as pollible to the Plant without in- 

 juring it ; then with a flender Piece 

 of Bafs-mat fallen the Spindle to the 

 Stick, to prevent its being broken : 

 this you muft often repeat, as the 

 Spindle advances in Height; and 

 alio obferve to pull off all Side- 

 fpindles as they are produced, and 

 never let more than two Spindles 

 remain upon one Root, nor above 

 one, if you intend to blew exceed- 

 ing large. Toward the Beginning 

 of June your Flowers will have at- 

 rained their greateft Height, and 

 heir Pods will begin to iwell, and 

 bme of the earlieil begin to open on 

 )ne Side ; you muft therefore ob- 

 serve to let it open in two other 

 Maces at equal Angles: this muft 

 ■e done fo loon as you perceive the 

 'od break, otherwife your Flower 

 /ill run out on one Side, and be in 

 fhort time paft recovering, fo as 

 3 make a complete Flower ; and in 

 few Days after the Flowers begin 

 > open, you muft cover rhtm with 



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GlafTes- which are made for that 



Purpofe, in the following manner : 



Upon the Top of the Glafs, ex- 

 a&ly in the Centre, is a Tin Collar, 

 or Socket, about Three-fourths of 

 an Inch fquare, for the Flower- 

 ftick to' come thro 1 ; to this Socket 

 are foldered eight Slips of Lead at 

 equal Diftances, which are about fix 

 Inches and an half long, and fpread 

 open at the Bottom about four Inches 

 afunder; into thefe Slips of Lead 

 are fattened Slips of Glafs, cut ac- 

 cording to the Diftances of the 

 Lead, which, when they are fixed 

 in, are bordered at the Bottom with 

 another Slin of Lead quite round ; 

 fo that the Glafs hath eght Angles, 

 with the Socket in the Middle, and 

 fpread open at the Bottom about 

 eleven Inches wide. 



When your Flowers are open 

 enough to cover with thefe G'aiTes, 

 you muft make an Hole thro' your 

 Flower-ftick, exactly to the Height 

 of the under Part of the Pod, thro' 

 which you fhould put a Piece of 

 fmall Wire about fix Inches long, 

 making a Ring at one End of the 

 Wire to contain the Pod, into which 

 Ring you fhould fix the Stem of 

 the Flower; then cut off all the 

 Tyings of Bafs, and thruft the Stern 

 of the Flower fo far from the Stick, 

 as may give convenient room for 

 the Flower to expand without prefix- 

 ing againft the Stick ; to which 

 Diitance you may fix it, by turn ng 

 your Wire fo as not to draw back 

 thro' the Hole ; then make another 

 Hole thro' the Stick, at a conve- 

 nient Diftance above the Flower, 

 thro' which you fhould put a Piece 

 of Wire, an Inch and an half long, 

 which is to fupport the GiafTes from 

 Hiding down upon the Flowers; and 

 be fure to obiVrve, that the GlafTe? 

 are not placed fo high as to admit 

 the Sun and Rain under their, to the 

 $ 2 Flowers, 



