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of Breeders break into Stripes when- 

 ever they plc.ife ; but this, I dare fay, 

 is without Foundation : for from 

 many Experiments which I have 

 made in this Kind, I never could 

 find any Certainty of this Matter : 

 all that can be dene by Art, is, to 

 ftiift the Roots every Year into from 

 Earth, and a different Situation, by 

 which Method I have had very good 

 Succefs. 



The Earth of thefe Beds mould be 

 every Year different $ for although 

 it is generally agreed, that lean hun- 

 gry frefh Earth doth hafcen their 

 breaking, and caufe their Stripes to 

 be the finer, and more beautiful ; 

 yet, if they are every Year planted 

 in the fame Sort of Soil, it will not 

 have fo much Effect on them, as if 

 they. were one Year planted in one 

 Sort of Earth, and the next Year in 

 a very different one, as I have feve- 

 ral times cxperitncM. 



The bed Compoft for thefe Roots 

 is a third Part of frefh Earth from a 

 good Pallure, which fhouldhave the 

 Sward rotted with it; a third Part of 

 Sea-fand, and the other Part fifted 

 Lime-rubbifh. : thefe mould be all 

 mix'd together fix or eight Months 

 at leaft before it is us'd, and mould 

 be frequently turned, in order to 

 mix the Parts well together. With 

 this Mixture the Beds mould be 

 made about two Feet deep, after 

 the following manner : After the old 

 Earth is taken from out of the Bed 

 to the Depth intended, then fome of 

 the frelh Earth fhould be put in 

 about eighteen Inches thick : this 

 mould be lcvelPd exactly, and then 

 Lines drawn each Way of the Bed, 

 chequerwife : at fix Inches Diftance, 

 upon the Centre of each Crofs, 

 faould be placM the Tulip-roots, in 

 an upright Pofition ; and after hav- 

 ing finifli'd the Bed in this manner,the 



Earth muft be fill'd in, fo as to raife 

 the Bed fix or eight Inches higher ; 

 obferving, in doing this, not to dif- 

 place any of the Roots, and alfo to 

 lay the Top of the Beds a little 

 rounding, to throw off the Water. 



There are many Perfons who are 

 fo carclefs in planting their Tulip- 

 roots, as only to dig and level the 

 Beds well, and then with a blunt 

 Dibble to make Holes, into which 

 they put the Roots, and then fill up 

 the Holes with a Rake : but this is 

 by no means a good Method; for 

 the Dibble, in making the Holes, ' 

 pre\Tes theEarth clofely on each Side, • 

 and at the Bottom, whereby the . 

 Moiflure is often detain'd fo long 

 about the Roots as to rot them ; be- > 

 fides, the Earth being hard at the 

 Bottom of the Bulbs, they can't fo ) 

 eafily emit their Fibres; which muft 

 certainly prejudice the Roots. 



Thefe Beds mould be funk, more 

 or Iefs, below the Surface, according 

 to the Moifture or Drinefs of the 

 Soil ; for the Roots mould be fo ele- 

 vated as never to have the Water I 

 ftand near them long, which is very 

 apt to rot them : fo that where the 

 Soil is very wet, it will be proper to 

 lay fome Lime-rubbifh under the 

 Earth, in order to drain off the Wet, 

 and the Beds mould be intirely rais'd 

 above the Level of the Ground ; but 

 to prevent their falling down into 

 the Walks, after Froft, orhardRains, ; 

 it will be proper to raife the Paths 

 between them, either with Sea-coal 

 A fnes or Rubbifh, eight or ten Inch- 

 es, which will fupport the E*rth of 

 the Beds ; and thefe Paths may fiope 

 at each End from the Middle, which 

 will caufe the Water to run off as it 

 falls. But where the Soil is dry, 

 the Beds may be funk eighteen or I 

 twenty Inches below the , Surface ; 

 for in fuch -places the Beds need not 



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