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Covering, it will prevent their per- 

 fecting the Seed. About the Mid- 

 dle of July (a little fooner or later, 

 as the Summer is hotter or colder) 

 the Seeds will be fit to gather ; 

 which may be known by theDrinefs 

 of their Stalks, and the Opening of 

 the Seed-vefTels ; at which time it 

 may be cut off, and preferved in the 

 Pods until the Seafon for fowing it ; 

 being careful to put it up in a dry- 

 Place, otherwife it will be fubject to 

 mould, which will render it good 

 for little. 



Having fav'd n Parcel of good 

 Seed, about the Beginning of Septem- 

 ber is the belt Seafon for fowing it ; 

 when there mould be provided a 

 Parcel of (hallow Seed -pans orBoxes, 

 which mould have Holes in their 

 Bottoms, to let the Moifture pafs 

 off : thefe muft be fill'd with frefh 

 fandy Earth, laying the Surface 

 very even, upon which the Seeds 

 lhould be fown as regularly as poffi- 

 ble, that they may not lie upon each 

 other : then there mould be fome of 

 the fame light fandy Earth fifted 

 over them, about half an Inch thick . 

 Thefe Boxes or Pans mould be plac'd 

 where they may have the morning 

 Sun tillEleven of the Clock, in which 

 Situation they may remain until 

 Oclober ; at which time they mould 

 be remov'd into a more open Situa- 

 tion, where they may enjoy the Be- 

 nefit of the Sun all the Day, and be 

 fhe!ter*d from the North Winds, 

 where they fhould remain during 

 theWinter-feafon ; but in the Spring, 

 wiien the Plants are up, they mould 

 be again remov'd to their firft Situa- 

 tion ; aiid if the Seafon mould be 

 dry, they muft be refrefn'd withWa- 

 ter, vvh le the Plants remain green ; 

 but as foon as their Tops begin to 

 deca> , there mull be no more given 

 them, l'eft it rot their tender Bulbs ; 

 therefore the Boxes mould be placed 



in a fhady Situation during the Sum- 

 mer-feafon ; but not under the Drip 

 of Trees. , 

 Thefe Plants, at their firft Ap- 

 pearance, have very narrow graffy 

 Leaves, very like thofe of Onions, 

 and come up with bending Heads, 

 in the fame manner as they do ; fo 

 that Perfons who are unacquainted 

 with them, may pull them up inftead 

 ofGrafs, whilft they are very young, . 

 before their Leaves are a little more 

 expanded, which is rarely perform'd 

 the firft Year; for theyfeldom ap- 

 pear before the Middle of March, 

 and they commonly decay about 

 the Latter end of May, or the Begin- 

 ning of June, according as the Sea- 

 fon is hotter or colder. 



The Weeds and Mofs mould alfo 

 be clear'd off from the Surface of 

 the Earth in the Boxes, and a little 

 frefh Earth fifted over them foon af- 

 ter their Leaves decay, which will 

 be of great Service to the Roots. 

 Thefe Boxes mould be conftantly 

 kept clear from Weeds ; which if 

 permitted to grow therein, when 

 they are up, their Roots will be apt 

 to draw theBulbs out of theGround. 

 At Michaelmas they fhould be frefh- 

 earth'd again ; and as the Winter 

 comes on, they muft be again re- 

 mov'd into the Sun as before, and 

 treated in the fame manner, until 

 their Leaves decay in the Spring ; 

 when the Bulbs mould be carefully 

 taken up, and planted in Beds of 

 frefh fandy Earth, which fhould 

 have Tiles laid under them, to pre- 

 vent the Roots from mooting down- 

 ward ; which they often do when 

 there is nothing to flop them, and 

 thereby they are deftroy'd. The 

 Earth of thefe Beds mould be about 

 five Inches thick upon the Tiles, 

 which will be fufficient for nourifh- 

 ing thefe Roots while they are 



