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very careful to preferve every Sort 

 feparate, that you may know how to 

 difpofe of them at the time for plant- 

 ing them again ; becaufe it is the 

 better way to plant all the Roots of 

 each Sort together ( and not to 

 intermix them, as is commonly pra- 

 clis'd in moft other Kinds of Flow- 

 ers) ; for as there are few of them 

 which blow at the fame time, fo, 

 when the feveral Roots of one Sort 

 are fcatter'd through a whole Bor- 

 , <der,they make but an indifferentAp- 

 pearance : whereas, when twenty or 

 thirty Roots of the fame Sorts are 

 plac'd together,theywill all flower at 

 , the lame time, and afford a more 

 agreeable Profpedt. 



The feveral Sorts of thefe early- 

 blowing Tulips rife to different 

 ] Heights in theirStems.fo that fcarce- 

 . ly any two of them flower to an 

 | equal Height. The Duke Van 

 Toll, being one of the firil that ap- 

 pears in the Spring, is generally ve- 

 ry mort-ftalk'd j and fo the other 

 iSorts, in proportion to their Earli- 

 inefs, are fhorter than thofe which 

 lifucceed them ; and the late- blowing 

 tKinds are all of them confiderably 

 longer in their Stems than any of 

 Kthe Prtecoces, or early Blowers ; fo 

 jthat when they are confufedly mix'd 

 ^together, they make a very indiffer- 

 ent Appearance. 



The late-blowing Tulips are ge- 

 nerally obtain'd from Breeders ; 

 which is a Term apply'd to all fuch 

 ■Flowers as are prociue'd from Seeds, 

 jwhich are of one Seif-colour, and 

 jhave good Bottoms and Chives : 

 thefe, in time, break into various 

 beautiful Stripes, according to the 

 Ground of their former Self-colour; 

 tut this mull be intirely thrown off, 

 ptherwife they don't efteem a Flow- 

 er well broken. 



i Of thefe Breeders there hath been 

 k great Variety brought into E>/g- 



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land from Flanders of late Years, 

 which is the grand Nurfery for moft 

 Sorts of bulbous-rooted Flowers ; 

 but there are fome curious Perfons 

 who have lately obtain'd many va- 

 luable Breeders from Seed fown in 

 England : and doubtlefs, were we as 

 induftrious to fow the Seeds of thefe 

 Flowers as the People of France and 

 Flandersy we might in a few Years 

 have as great a Varietv as is ;o be 

 found in any Part of Europt ; for 

 altho* it is fix or feven Years from 

 the Sowing before the Flowers biow 5 

 yet, if after the firft Sowing there is 

 every Year a frefriTarcel fown, when 

 the feven Years are expir'd, there 

 will be conftantly a buccefhon of 

 Roots to flower every Year ; which 

 will reward the Expectation, and 

 keep up the Spirit of raifing : but 

 it is the Length of |Time at firft, 

 which deters moft People from the 

 Beginning of this Work. 



The manner of propagating thefe 

 Flowers from Seeds is as follows : 

 You mould be careful in the Choice 

 of the Seed, without which there can 

 be little Succefs expected The belt 

 Seed is that which is faved from 

 Breeders which have all the good 

 Properties before related ; for the 

 Seeds of ftriped Flowers feldom pro- 

 duce any thing that is valuable. 



The beft Method to obtain good 

 Seeds is, to make Choice of a Parcel 

 of fuch breeding Tulip-roots as you 

 would fave Seeds from, and place 

 them in a feparate Bed from the other 

 Breeders, in a Part of the Garden 

 where they may be fully expos'd to 

 the Sun, ooferving to plant them at 

 lead nine Inches deep ; for if they 

 are planted too (hallow, their Stems 

 are apt to decay before their Seed is 

 perfected. 



Thefe Flowers fhould always be 

 expos'd to the Weather ; for if they 

 are fhaded with Mats, or any other 



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