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fol in doing of this, fo as not t!b warn 

 the Seeds out of the Ground. In 

 this Situation the Pots Ihould remain 

 until the Beginning of Oclober, by 

 which tfme the Plants will begin to 

 come up ( though fometimes the 

 Seeds will remain in the Earth until 

 November, before the Plants appear) ; 

 but then you Ihould remove the Pots 

 into a more open Expofure, where 

 they may have full Sun ; which, at 

 that time, is neceffary to exhale the 

 Moifture of the Earth ; but toward 

 the Middle of November, when you 

 are apprehenfive of Froft, the Pots 

 mould be remov'd under a common 

 Hot-bed-frame ; where they may 

 be cover'd with the Glaffes in the 

 Night-time, and in bad Weather ; 

 but in the Day, when the Weather is 

 mild, they Ihould be intirely open'd* 

 qtherwife the Plants will draw up 

 too weak. • The only Danger they 

 are in, is from violent Rains and 

 Frofts ; the firit often rotting the 

 tender Plants, and the Froft will oft- 

 en turn them out of the Ground ; 

 therefore they Ihould be carefully 

 guarded againft both thefe. 



In the Spring, as the Seafon grows 

 warm, thefe Pots mould be expos'd 

 to the open Air ; placing them at 

 firft near the Shelter of an Hedge, to 

 proted them from the cold Winds ; 

 but toward the Latter-end of March, 

 or the Beginning of April, they 

 Ihould be remov'd again into a more 

 lhady Situation, according to the 

 Warmth of the Seafon; and if it 

 Ihould prove dry, they muft be 

 refrefrVd with Water; but you mould 

 be careful not to give it to tnem in 

 great Quantities, which is very apt 

 to rot thefe tender Roots and in 

 the Middle or Latter-end of April, 

 they Ihould be plac'd where they 

 may have only the morning Sun ; in 

 which Place they may remain till 

 their Leaves decay ; when they may 



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be taken out of the Earth, and th« 

 Roots dry'd in a fhady Place; after 

 which they may be put in Bags, and 

 preferv'd in a dry Place until the 

 OcJober following ; when they muft 

 be planted in the manner before di- 

 rected for the old Roots. 



The Spring following, thefeRoots 

 will flower ; at which time you 

 ihould carefully mark fuch of them 

 as are worthy to be preferv'd ; and the 

 fingle or bad-colour'd Flowers may 

 be pull'd up, and thrown away, 

 which is the fu reft Method of remove- 

 ing them from the good Sorts ; for 

 if they are permitted to remain to- 

 gether until their Leaves decay^ 

 there may be fome Off-fets of the 

 bad Sorts mix'd with the good Flow- 

 ers. You mould not fuffer thofe 

 Flowers, which you intend to blovr 

 fine the fucceeding Year, to bear 

 Seeds, but cut off the Flowers whert 

 they begin to decay ; for thofe Roots 

 which have produe'd Seeds, feldom 

 flower well afterwards ; nor will the 

 principal old Root, which has flow- 

 er'd ftrong, ever blow fo fair as will 

 the Off-fets; which is what ihould 

 be principally obferv'd, when a Per- 

 fon purchafes any of thefe Roots i 

 and a great Part of the Complaints 

 made by thofe who have bought 

 thefe Roots at a dear Rate, is princi- 

 pally owing to this. For the Perions 

 who fell them, being appiis'd of this 

 Matter, generally part with their 

 old Roots to their Purchafers, and 

 reierve the Off fets for their own 

 Ufe ; which old Roots will often 

 fo much degenerate from what they 

 were the preceding Year, as to cauie 

 a Sufpicion, whether the Perfons 

 they were purchas'd from had not 

 changed the Roots ; and this Dege- 

 neracy always attends thefe Flowers, 

 after having flower'd extremely large 

 and fair, or that they have been per- 

 mitted to feed : fo that it is abfo- 



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