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thus's are produced by fowing of 

 Seeds, which mould be fav'd from 

 fuch Flowers as have large upright 

 Stems, producing many Flowers 

 upon a Stalk, the Flowers large, 

 beautifully ftrip'd, and that open flat : 

 from the Seeds of fuch Flowers there 

 is room to hope for a great Variety 

 of good Sorts. 



Thefe Seeds mould be foon in 

 Boxes fillM with light rich Earth, in 

 December, being very careful not to 

 bury the Seed too deep ; for, if it 

 be only cover'd with light Earth, it 

 will be fufficient : thefe Boxes mould 

 be plac'd where they may receive 

 the Benefit of the morning Sun until 

 Ten of the Clock ; but muft by no 

 means be expos'd to the Heat of the 

 Day, efpecially when the Plants be- 

 gin to appear ; for at that time one 

 whole Day's Sun will intirely de- 

 ftroy them : in the Spring, if the 

 Seafon mould prove dry, you muil 

 often refrefh them with Water ; and 

 as the Heat increafes, you mould 

 remove the Boxes more in the Shade ; 

 for the Heat it very injurious to 

 them. 



In May thefe Plants will be ftrong 

 enough to plant out ; at which time 

 you mould prepare fome fhady Bor- 

 ders, which mould be made ricii ; 

 upon which you muft fet the Plants 

 about four Inches afunder, obferv- 

 ing to water them until they have 

 taken Root ; after which they will 

 require no farther Care but to keep 

 them clear from Weeds, until the 

 Latter - end of Auguft following ; 

 when you fnould prepare fome Bor- 

 ders, which are expos'd to the Eaft, 

 with good light rich Earth, into 

 which you muft tranfpiant your 

 Polyanthus's, placing them fix Inches 

 afunder equally in Rows, obfervlng, 

 if the Seafon prove dry, to water 

 them until they have taken Root. Jn 

 thefe Border? your Plants will flow- 



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er the fucceeding Spring ; at which 

 time you muft obferve to mark fuch 

 of them as are fine, to prcferve ; and 

 the reft may be tranf plan ted intd 

 WildernefTes, and other fhady Pla- 

 ces in the Garden ; where, although 

 they are not very valuable Flowers, 

 they will afford an agreeable Varie- 



Thofe which you intend to pre- 

 ferve, may be remov'd foon after 

 they have done flowering (provided 

 you do not intend to fave Seeds from 

 them), and may be then parted and 

 tranfplanted into a frefh Border of 

 the like rich Earth, allowing them 

 the fame Diftance as before ; obferv- 

 ing alfo to water them until they have 

 taken Root, after which they will 

 require no farther Care, but only to 

 keep them clean from Weeds ; and 

 the following Spring they will pro- 

 duce ftrong Flowers ; and if the 

 Kinds are good, will be little in- 

 ferior to a Shew of Auricula's. 



Thefe Roots mould be conftantly 

 remov'd and parted every Year, and 

 the Earth or the Border chang'd, 

 otherwife they will degenerate, and 

 lofe the greateft Part of their Beau- 

 ty- 



If you intend to fave Seeds, which 

 is the Method to obtain a great Va- 

 riety, you muft mark fuch of them, 

 which, as I faid before, have good 

 Properties : thefe mould be, if pof- 

 fible, feparated from all ordinary 

 Flowers ; for if they ftana furround- 

 ed with plain-colour'd Flowers, they 

 will impregnate e^ch other ; where- 

 by the Seeds of the valuable Flow- 

 ers will not be near fo good, as if 

 the Plants had been in a feparate 

 Border where no ordinary Flowers 

 grew : therefore the beft Way is to 

 take our the Roots of fuch as you 

 do not efleem, as foon as the Flow- 

 ers open, and plant them in ano- 

 ther Place, that there may be nor*e 



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