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nrft the Beginning of March ; the 

 fecond the Beginning of April ; and 

 the third at the End of that Month, 

 or the Beginning of May : but thefe 

 Beds will require a much lefs Quan- 

 tity of Dung than the fir it, efpeciai- 

 ly that Bed which is the laft made ; 

 for if there is but Warmth enough 

 to put the Roots in Motion, it is as 

 much as will be required : and this 

 laft Bed will need no Covering ; for 

 many times thofe Roots which are 

 planting in the full Ground at this 

 Seafon, will produce ftrong Flowers 

 in Autumn : but in order to fecure 

 their Flowering, it is always the beft 

 way to plant them on a gentle Hot- 

 bed. As to the fecond Bed, that 

 mould be arched over with Hoops, 

 and covered with Mats every Night, 

 and in bad Weather ; otherwife the 

 late Froits, which frequently happen 

 in May, will pinch them. 



Thefe Plants may remain in the 

 Beds until the Flowers are near ex- 

 panded ; at which time they may be 

 carefully taken up, preferving the 

 Earth to their Roots, and planted in 

 Pots, and then placed in the Shade 

 for four or live Days: after which 

 time the Pots may be removed into 

 Halls, or other Apartments, where 

 they will continue in Beauty a long 

 time ; and their fragrant Odour will 

 perfume the Air of the Rooms where 

 they are placed ; and by having a 

 Succemon of them, they may be 

 continued from Midfummer to the 

 End of Oclober : but as the Stems 

 of thefe Plants advance, there ihould 

 be fome Sticks put down by each 

 Root ; to which the Stems fhould 

 be faftened, to prevent their being 

 broken by the Wind. 



It is a common Practice with many 

 People, to plant thefe Roots in Pots, 

 and plunge the Pots into an Hot- 

 bed : but there is much more Trou- 

 ble in raifing them in this Method, 



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than in that before directed ; for if 

 the Roots are not planted in very 

 fmall Pots, there will be a Neceffity 

 of making the Beds much larger, in 

 order to contain a Quantity of the 

 Roots : and if they are firft planted 

 in fmall Pots, they mould be (haken, 

 out of thefe into Pots of a largerSize, 

 when they begin to moot out their 

 Flower-Items ; otherwife the Stalks 

 will be weak, and produce but few 

 Flowers : therefore 1 prefer the other 

 Method, as there is no Danger in re- 

 moving the Roots, if it is done with 

 Care. 



When the Roots are ftrong, and 

 properly managed, the Stems will 

 rife three or four Feet high ; and 

 each Stem will produce twentyFlow- 

 ers or more : and in this the great 

 Beauty of thefe Flowers confifts ; for 

 when there are but a few Flowers 

 upon the Stalks, they will foon fade 

 away, and muft be frequently re- 

 newed ; for the Flowers are produ- 

 ced in Spikes coming out alternately 

 upon the Stalk, the lower Flowers 

 opening fir ft ; and as thefe decay, 

 thofe above them open ; fo that in 

 proportion to the Number of Flow- 

 ers upon each Stalk, they continue 

 in Beauty a longer or fhorter time. 



The Sort with double Flowers 

 will require a little more Care, in 

 order to have the Flowers fair ; but 

 this Care is chiefly at the time of 

 Blowing ; for the Flowers of this 

 Sort will not open, if they are ex- 

 pofed to the open Air ; therefore 

 when the Flowers are completely 

 formed, and near opening, the Pots 

 mould be placed in an airy Glafs- 

 cafe, or a Shelter of Glafles fhould 

 be prepared for them, that theDews 

 and Rains may not fall upon them; 

 for that will cauls the Flowers to rot 

 away before they open ; and the' 

 Heat of the Sun drawn thro' the 

 Glaffes will caufe their Flowers to 

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