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therefore in fuch a Cafe it will be 

 proper to give a little Water to the 

 Beds, if there ftiould no Rain hap- 

 pen in a Fortnight's time, which is 

 very rare at that Seafon of the Year ; 

 fo that they will feldom be in Dan- 

 ger offuffering that way. 



When the Roots are thus planted, 

 there will no more be required until 

 toward the End of November ; by 

 which time they will begin to heave 

 the Ground, and their Buds appear ; 

 when you mould lay a little of the 

 fame frelh Earth, of which the Beds 

 were compofed, about half an Inch 

 thick all over the Beds, which will 

 greatly defend the Crown of the 

 Root from Froft : and when you 

 perceive the Leaves to break thro' 

 this fecond Covering, if it mould 

 prove very hard Froft, it will be 

 very proper to arch the Beds over 

 with Hoops, and cover them with 

 Mats, efp»cially in the Spring, when 

 the Flower-buds will begin to ap- 

 pear j for if they are expofed to too 

 much Froft, or blighting Winds, at 

 that Seafon, their Flowers feldom 

 open fairly, and many times their 

 Roots are deftroy'd : but this hap- 

 pens more frequently to the Perfian 

 Kinds, which are tenderer, than to 

 thofe Sorts which are pretty hardy ; 

 for which Reafon they are common- 

 ly planted in open Borders, inter- 

 mixed with other Flowers, as is be- 

 fore -mention'd ; though in very hard 

 Winters thefe are apt to fuffer, where 

 the Froft is not guarded againft. 



In the Beginning of March the 

 Flower-ftems will begin to rife at 

 which time you ftiould carefully 

 clear the Beds from Weeds, and ftir 

 the Earth with your Fingers be- 

 tween the Roots, being very careful 

 not to injure them ; this will not 

 only make the Beds appear hand- 

 fome, but alfo greatly ftrengthen 

 their Flowers. When the Flowers 



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are paft, and the Leaves are wither'd^ 

 you ftiould take up the Roots, and 

 carefully clear them from the Earth; 

 then fpread them upon a Mat to dry, 

 in a mady Place ; after which they 

 may be put up in Bags or Boxes, in 

 a dry Room, until the October fol- 

 lowing, which is the Seafon fof 

 planting them again. 



The Perfian Sorts are not only 

 propagated by Off-fets from the old 

 Roots, as the former, but are alfo 

 multiplied by Seeds, which the femi- 

 double Kinds produce in Plenty 5 

 therefore whoever is defirous to have 

 thefe in Perfection, mould annually 

 fow their Seeds, from which new Va- 

 rieties will be every Year produc'd 5 

 but in order hereto, you mould be 

 careful in faving your Seed, or in 

 procuring it from fuch Perfons as 

 underftand how to fave it ; that is, 

 who will be careful not to leave any 

 Flowers for Seeds, but fuch as have 

 five or fix Rows of Petals at leaft, 

 and are well coloured ; for fince 

 thefe Flowers increafe plentifully, it 

 is not worth the Trouble to fow any 

 indifferent Seeds ; becaufe there can 

 be but little Hopes of obtaining any 

 good Flowers from fuch Seeds, 



Being prepare! with Seeds, about 

 the Middle of Auguji> which is the 

 proper Seafon for fowing of them, 

 you ftiould get fome large Pots, flat 

 Seed-pans, or Boxes (of either as ma- 

 ny as you have Seeds to fow). Thefe 

 ftiould be fiU'd with light rich 

 Earth, levelling the Surface very 

 even ; then fow the Seeds thereon 

 pretty thick, and cover it about a 

 Quarter of an Inch thick with the 

 fame light Earth j after which,, you 

 ftiould remove thefe Pots into a Iha- 

 dy Situation, where they may have 

 the morning Sun until Ten of the 

 Clock j and. if the Seafon fhouid 

 prove dry, you mult often refrelh 

 them with Water j being very care- 



