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green Leaves, whereby it is pro- 

 tected from the Froft, &c. and about 

 the Beginning of June the Seeds will 

 be perfected. 



The third Sort was formerly more 

 common in Eng/and than at prefent. 

 This muft be treated in the fame 

 manner with the two former, and 

 flowers in the fame Seafon. 



The fourth and feventh Sorts are 

 tenderer than the former ; and muft 

 either be planted in Pots, and fhel- 

 tered under a Frame in Winter, or 

 be placed in a warm dry Border, and 

 covered with Mats in frofty Wea- 

 ther, otherwife they will not flower 

 fo ftrong ; and in fevere Winters, 

 if they are not protected from Froft, 

 the Roots will be deftroyed'. Thefe 

 produce their Flowers very early in 

 the Spring,- if the Froft does not 

 prevent them. The Seeds of thefe 

 are ripe about the fame time with the 

 former, and muft be fown and ma- 

 naged in the fame manner ; but the 

 Boxes of Seeds or young Plants of 

 thefe Kinds fhould be flickered in 

 Winter. 



The fifth and fixth Sorts are ftill 

 more impatient of Cold and Wet 

 than any of the former. Thefe muft 

 conftant.lv be preferved in Pots filled 

 with fandy light Earth, and houfed 

 in Winter ; b-it fhould be placed 

 near the Glades, where they may 

 enjoy as much free open Air as 

 pofiible, when the Weather will per- 

 mit ; for if they are crouded under 

 other Plants, and are kept too clofe, 

 they are very fubject to mould and 

 roc ; nor fhould they have much 

 Wate: in Winter, which is alfo very 

 injurious to them : but whenever 

 they w ant Wat r, it fhould be given 

 them iparingfy. In Summer thefe 

 Plants may be expofed to the open 

 Air, when their green Leaves will 

 decay ; at .vhich time you fhould 

 remove them to a Place where they 

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may have the morning Sun until 

 Eleven o'Clock ; but during the 

 time that the Roots are deftitute of 

 Leaves, they fhould have very little 

 Water given them ; becaufe at that 

 Seafon they are not capable of dif- 

 charging the Moifture. This is alfo 

 the proper Seafon to tranfplant the 

 Roots, or to frefh earth them ; and 

 as the Autumn comes on, that the 

 Heat decreafes, they may be re- 

 moved into Places more expofed to 

 the Sun; where they may remain 

 until October before they need be 

 houfed. 



Toward Chrijlmas^ if the Roots 

 are in good Health, they will begin 

 to flower, aVid continue producing 

 frefh Flowers until April ; from 

 which, if you intend to have any 

 Seeds, you muft let the Pots be 

 placed fo as to receive a great Share 

 of frefh Air; for if their Fiowers 

 are drawn up in the Floufe, they 

 feldom produce any Seeds. Thefe 

 Seeds are ripe about Ju/y, when they 

 fhould be immediately fown in Pots 

 or Cafes of good light undung'd 

 Earth ; which fhould be Iheltered 

 in Winter under a Frame, and ex- 

 pofed in Summer in the fame man- 

 ner as is directed for the older Roots ; 

 obferving to remove them into Pots 

 at a wider Diftance when they are 

 two Years old ; and fo from time to 

 time, as their Roots increafe in Bulk, 

 you muft give them more room ; 

 and in about four or five Years time 

 they will begin to flower, when you 

 fhould let each Root have a fepanuc 

 Pot, which at firft may be fmall ; 

 but when the Roots are grown large, 

 they muft be put into bigger Pots. 



Thefe Sorts have been planted 

 under warmW alls in the full Ground, 

 where in mild Winters they have 

 dor<e very we'll, but in fevere Froft 

 all thofe Roots have been deftroyed; 

 therefore, whenever thefe Roots are 

 planted 



