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be more than four Inches above the 

 Surface, which will be Allowance 

 enough for their fettling. 



During the Winter-feafon there 

 will be no farther Care requir'd :the 

 Roots, being planted thus deep, will 

 be in no Danger of fufFering by or- 

 dinary Frofts in Winter ; but if it 

 Ihould prove very fevere, fome rot- 

 ten Tan or Peas-haulm may be laid 

 over the Beds, to keep out the Froft; 

 but in the Spring, when their Leaves 

 begin to appear above-ground, the 

 Earth upon the Surface of the Beds 

 Ihould be ftirr'd to clear it from 

 Weeds, Mofs, &c. and when the 

 Flower-buds begin to come up, they 

 ihould be guarded from Froft, other- 

 wife they are very fubjedl to blight 

 and decay foon after they appear ; 

 but they need only be cover'd in fuch 

 Nights when there is an Appearance 

 of Froft ; for at all other times they 

 mould have as much open Air as 

 poflible, without which they will 

 draw up weak, and produce very 

 fmall Flowers. 



When thefe Breeders are in Flow- 

 er, you Ihould carefully examine 

 them, to fee if any of them have 

 broken into beautiful Stripes ; which 

 if you obferve, there mould be a 

 Stick put into the Ground, by every 

 fuch Root, to mark them, that they 

 may be feparated from the Breeders, 

 to plant amongl 1 the ftriped Flow- 

 ers the following Year : but you 

 Ihould carefully obferve, whether 

 they have thrown off their former 

 Colour intirely ; as alfo when they 

 decay, to fee if they continue beauti- 

 ; ful to the laft,and not appear fmear- 

 ed over with the original Colour •, in 

 both which Cafes they are very fub- 

 je&to go back to their old Colour 

 the next Year. But if their Sn ipes 

 ■ are diftincl: and clear to the Bottom, 

 and continue fo to the laft (which is 

 i what the Fioriits call dyeing well), 



there is no great Danger of their re- 

 tnrning back again, as hath been by 

 fome confidently reported : for if one 

 of thefe Flowers is quite broken (as 

 it is term'd), it will never iofe it* 

 Stripes ; tho' fometimes they will . 

 blow much fairer than at others, and 

 the OrF-fets will beoftenmore beau- 

 tiful than the old Roots. 



There is nothing more to be ob- 

 ferv'd in the Culture of ftripedFlow- 

 ers, than what has been directed for 

 Breeders, excepting that thefe mould 

 bearch'd over with tall Hoops and 

 Rails, that they may be fhaded from 

 the Sun in the Day-time, and pro- 

 tected from ftrong Winds, hard 

 Rains, and frofty Mornings ; other- 

 wife the Flowers will continue but 

 a fhort time in Beauty ; but where 

 thefe Inftru&ions are duly follow- 

 ed, they may be preferv'd in Flower 

 a full Month, which is as long as 

 molt other Flowers continue. 



After the Flowers are faded, their 

 Heads mould be broken off, to pre- 

 vent their feeding : for if this is not 

 obferv'd, theywill not flower near fo 

 well the following Year ; and this 

 will caufe their Stems to decay 

 fooner than othenvife they would 

 do ; fo that their Roots may be taken 

 up early in June ; for they fhould 

 not remain in the Ground long after 

 their Leaves are decay'd. In take- 

 ing thefe Roots out of the Ground, 

 you muft be very careful not to 

 bruifeorcut them, which will en- 

 danger their rotting ; and, if pofli- 

 ble, it fhould be done a Day or two 

 after Rain. Theie Roots muft be 

 clear'd from their old Cover?, and 

 all Sorts of Filth, and fpread upon 

 Mats in a fhady Place to dry ; after 

 which they mould be put up in a dry 

 Place, where Vermin can't get to 

 them, obferving to keep every Sort 

 feparated ; but they Ihould not ba 

 kept tco cloie from the Air, nor fu£- 



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