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Uiady Situation, where they may en- 

 joy the morning Sun only. When 

 che Plants begin to decay (which 

 will be in June J, they mud be clear- 

 ed from Weeds, and dead Leaves, 

 and fome frelh Earth fifted over 

 them about half an Inch thick, ftill 

 fuffering them to abide in the fame 

 Situation all the Summer-feafon ; 

 during which time they will require 

 no farther Care, but to keep them 

 clear from Weeds, until the Begin- 

 ning of October ; when they mull be 

 again removed into the Sun, and the 

 Surface of the Earth lightly taken 

 off, and fome frefh Earth fifted over 

 them. 



In this Place they muft: remain all 

 the Winter, as before ; and in the 

 Spring they muft be treated as was 

 directed for the former Year. 



When the Leaves are decay'd, the 

 Bulbs mould be carefully taken up 

 (which may be belt done by lifting 

 the Earth through a fine Sieve) ; and 

 a Bed or two of good frefh light 

 Earth mould be prepared, into 

 which the Bulbs mjft be planted, at 

 about three Inches afunder each 

 "Way, and three Inches deep. Thefe 

 Beds muft be conltantly kept clean 

 from Weeds and Atfofs ; and in the 

 Spring, juft before the Plants come 

 up, the Surface of the Beds mould 

 be ftirr'd, and fome frelh Earth fift- 

 ed over them about half an Inch 

 thick, which will greatly ftrengthen 

 the Roots. 



During the Spring and Summer 

 they mult be conftantly weeded ; and 

 at Michaelmas the Earth fh'ould be 

 again ftirr'd, and fome frefh fifted 

 over the Beds again, as before; ob- 

 ferving in Winter and Spring ftill to 

 keep the Beds clean, which is the 

 whole Management they will re- 

 quire; and in June following the 

 greater! Par: of the Roots wiil flow- 

 er ; at which lime you mould care- 



fully look over them, and put down 

 a Stick by all thofe whofe Flowers 

 are beautiful, to mark them; and as 

 foon as their Leaves are decay'd, 

 the e Roots may be taken up to plant 

 in the Flower-garden amonglt other 

 choice Sorts. 



But the Nurfery-beds mould ftill 

 remain ; obferving to keep them 

 clear from Weeds, as alfo to fift frefh 

 Earth over them, as was before di- 

 rected ; and the following Seafon 

 the remaining Part of the Roots, 

 which did not flower the foregoing 

 Seafon, will now ftiew their Blof- 

 foms ; fo that you may know which 

 of them are worth preferving in the 

 Flower-garden, which mould now 

 be mark'd ; and when the;r Leaves 

 are decay'd, they muft be taken up, 

 and planted, with the other fine 

 Sorts, in an Eaft Border of frefh 

 light Earth ; but the ordinary Sorts 

 may be intermix'd with other bulb- 

 ous - rooted Flowers in the large 

 Borders of the Pleafure - garden, 

 where, during the Continuance in 

 Flower, they will afford an agree* 

 able Variety. 



But after thefe choice Flowers are 

 obtain'd from Seeds, they may be 

 increafed by Oft-fets, as other bulb- 

 ous I lowers are. Thefe Off fets 

 mould be planted in a feparate Bor- 

 der from the blowing Roots, for one 

 Year, until they have Strength 

 enough to produce Flowers, when 

 they may be placed in the Flower- 

 garden with the old Roots. 



Thefe Bulbs need not betaken up 

 oftener than every other Year ; which 

 mould always be done foon after 

 their Leaves decay, otherwife they 

 will fend forth frefh Fibres, when it 

 will be too late to remove them : 

 nor mould they be kept long out of 

 the Ground ; a Week or a Fort- 

 night is full enough ; for when they 

 are kept longer, their BulUs arefub- 



