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Danger of perihYmg under-ground ; 

 fo that you fhould not keep them 

 out of the Ground any longer than 

 the Beginning or Middle of OfloLer. 



As thefe Sorts are pretty hardy, fo 

 they are generally planted in the 

 common Borders of the Flower-gar- 

 den, where, if they are'properly in- 

 termixed with other Flowers of tjie 

 lame Growth, they will make a 

 pretty Variety : indeed, fome Years 

 ago, before we had any of the more 

 valuable Kinds in England, thefe 

 were nurfed up with great Care: 

 but fince the others have been intro- 

 duced, and of late Years fo much 

 improved, by fowing their Seeds, 

 whereby new Flowers have been 

 continually obtained, the old Sorts 

 have been almoft rejected ; fo that 

 they are rarely to be found in the 

 Gardens of Florilb: however, fome 

 of them may be allow'd to have room 

 in the common Borders of the Plea- 

 fure-garden, as they are feldom in- 

 jured by the Froft ; whereas the Per- 

 fan Kinds are more tender ; fo muft 

 be planted in Beds, that they may 

 be covered in Winter. 



The Beds in which the Per pan Ra- 

 nunculus Roots are planted, mould 

 be made with frefh light fandy Earth, 

 at leafl three Feet deep: the befi 

 Soil for them may be compofed in 

 this manner ; viz. Take a Quantity 

 of frelh Earth from a rich upland 

 Pafture, about fix Inches deep, to- 

 gether with the Green-fward : this 

 ihould be laid in an Heap to rot for 

 twelve Months before it is mixed, 

 obferving to turn it over very often, 

 to fweeten it, and break the Clods: 

 to this you fhould add a fourth Part 

 of very rotten Neats-dung, and a 

 proportionable Quantity of Sea or 

 Drift-fand, according as the Earth is 

 lighter or Uiffer; if it be light, and 

 inclining to a Sand, there fnould be 

 no Sand added ; but if it be an bazel 



Loam, one Load of Sand will be 

 fumcient for eight Loads of Earth : 

 but if the Earth is ftrong and heavy, 

 the Sand fhould be added in a great- 

 er Proportion : this mould be mixed 

 fix or eight Months before it is ufed ; 

 and you mould often turn it over, in 

 order to unite their Parts well toge- 

 ther, before it is put into the Beds. 



The Depth which this fhould be 

 laid in the Beds, muft be about three 

 Feet : this Ihould be below the Sur- 

 face, in proportion to the Drinefs 

 or Moilture of the Place where they 

 are fituated ; which in dry Ground 

 fhould be two Feec eight Inches be- 

 low the Surface, and the Beds rais'd 

 four Inches above ; but in a moift 

 Place they fhould be two Feet four 

 Inches below, and eight above the 

 Ground ; and in this Cafe, it will 

 be very proper to lay fome Rubbilh. 

 and Scones in the Bottom of each 

 Bed, to drain off the Moifture ; and 

 if, upon this, at the Bottom of the 

 Bed?, fome very rotten Neats dung 

 is laid two or three Inches thick, the 

 Roots will reach this in the Spring, 

 and the Flowers will be the fairer. 

 This Earth I would by no means ad- 

 vife to be fcreen'd very fine; only, 

 in turning it over each time, you 

 fhould be careful to break the Clods, 

 and throw out all Stones, which will 

 be fufficient ; for if it is made very 

 fine, when the great Rains in Win- 

 ter come en, it will caufe the Earth 

 to bind into one folid Lump, where- 

 by the Moifture will bederain'd, and 

 the Roots, not being able to extend 

 their tender Fibres, will rot. Of 

 this I have many Examples, but one 

 particularly to my Colt: When I had 

 procured a fine Parcel of thefe Roots 

 from Abroad, and being defirous 

 of having them thrive very well, I 

 took great Pains to fcreen the Earth 

 of my Beds very fine, which I laid 

 above two Feet deep, and planted a 



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