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Flowers, nor To low as to (cor^h 

 their Leaves with the Heat. At 

 this time alio, or a few Days after, 

 as you (hall judge necefiary, you 

 mould cut fome (tiff Paper, Cards, 

 or fome fuch thing, into Collars 

 about four Inches over, and exactly 

 round, cutting an Hole in the Mid- 

 dle of it about three-fourths of an 

 Inch Diameter, for the Bottom of 

 the Flower to be let thro' ; then 

 place thefe Collars about them to 

 fupport the Petals of the Flower from 

 hanging down : this Collar mould 

 be placed withinfide the Calyx of 

 the Flcwer, and mould be fupported 

 thereby : then obferve from Day to 

 Day what Progrefs your Flowers 

 make; and if one Side comes out 

 fafter than the other, you mould 

 turn the Pot about, and fliift the 

 other Side towards the Sun; and 

 alfo, if the Weather proves very hot, 

 you mould made the Glafles in the 

 Heat of the Day with Cabbage- 

 ieaves, &t. to prevent their be- 

 ing fcorched, or forced out too 

 foon ; and, when the middle Pod 

 begins to rife, you mould take out 

 the Calyx thereof with a Pair of 

 Nippers made for thatPurpofe; but 

 this mould not be done too foon, 

 left the " middle Part of the Flower 

 mould advance too high above the 

 Sides, which will greatly diminiih 

 the Beauty of it: and you mould 

 abo obfeive whether there are more 

 Leaves in the Flower than can pro- 

 perly be expanded for want of room ; 

 in which Cafe you mould pull out 

 fome of the lowermofi: or moft un- 

 likely Leaves to fpread, drawing 

 out and expanding the others at the 

 fame time : and when your Flowers 

 are fully blown, if you cut them 

 off, you ftould put on a frefh Collar 

 of ft iff Paper, which mould be cut 

 exactly to the Sise of the Flower, 

 fo that it may fupporf the Petals to 

 JieiV fu. 1 .Width, but not to be feen 



wider than the Flower in any Part'- 

 when this is put on, you muft draw- 

 out the wideft Leaves to form the 

 Outfide of the Flower, which altho' 

 they mould be in the Middle, as 

 it often happens, yet by removing 

 the other Leaves they may be drawn 

 down, and fo the next longeft Leaves 

 upon them again, that the whole 

 Flower may appear equally globular 

 without any hollo. v Parts. In the 

 doing of this, fome Florifts are fo 

 curious, as to render an indifferent 

 Flower very handfome; and on this 

 depends, in a great meafure, the 

 Skill of the ArtiJt to produce large 

 fine Flowers. 



During the Flowering - feafon, 

 particular Care fhould be taken not 

 to let them fuffer for want of Water, 

 which mould by no means be raw 

 Spring-water ; nor do I approve of 

 Compound-waters, fuch as are cn- 

 rich'd with various Sorts of Dung ; 

 but the beft and moft natural Water 

 is that of a fine foft River ; next to 

 that is Pond-water or Standing- water; 

 but if you have no other but Spring- 

 water, it mould be expofed to the 

 Sun or Air two Days before it is 

 ufed, otherwife it will give the 

 Flowers the Canker, and fpoil them. 

 Thus having been full in the Culture 

 of this noble Flower, I mall juft 

 mention that of the Pink, which 

 differs not in the leaft from that of 

 the Carnation in its manner of pro- 

 pagating, but only requires much 

 lefs Care, and need not be potted, 

 growing full as well m good Borders, 

 where they make as elegant a Shew, 

 during their Seafon of Flowering, 

 as any Plant whatever, and afford as 

 agreeable a Scent. The Varieties 

 of thefe are, 



The Damafk Pink, White Shock, 

 Scarlet, Pheafant's - ey'd Pink, of. 

 which there are great Varieties, both 

 with fmgle and double Flowers, the 

 Old Man's' Head, and the Painted- 

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