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In July the great Flowers upon 

 the l ops of the Stems will appear ; 

 among which, the beft and moft 

 double Flowers of each Kind mould 

 be preferved for Seeds ; for thofe 

 which flower later upon the Side- 

 branches are neither fo fair, nor do 

 they perfect their Seeds fo well, as 

 thofe which are firft in Flower : 

 when the Flowers are quite faded, 

 and the Seeds are formed, you mould 

 carefully guard the Heads from the 

 Sparrows, which will otherwife de- 

 vour moll of the good Seeds ; and 

 about the Beginning of Ottober y 

 when the Seeds are ripe, you mould 

 cut off the Heads with a fmall Part 

 cf the Stems, and hang them up in 

 a dry airy Place for about a Month ; 

 by which time the Seeds will be per- 

 fectly dry and hard; when you may 

 eafily rub them out, and put them 

 up in Bags, or Papers, preferving 

 them from Vermin until the Seafon 

 for fowing them. 



There are feveral Varieties of this 

 Sort, which differ in the Colour of 

 their Flowers, as alfo their Seeds ; 

 fome of them having Flowers of a 

 Sulphur- colour, others yellow, fome 

 pale, and others deep : the Seeds of 

 fome are black, others Afh-colour, 

 and fome ftriped ; and of all thefe 

 Varieties, there are fome with very 

 double, and others fmgle Flowers : 

 but as thefe are very apt to fport, 

 and vary from the Sorts fovvn, they 

 mould not be deemed as diftinft Spe- 

 cies : the double Flowers mould be 

 preferred for the faring of the Seeds ; 

 becaufe moll of the Plants which are 

 produced from thefe Seeds, will 

 nave double Flowers. 



The Seeds of this Sort of Sun- 

 flower are excellent Food for do- 

 meftic Poultry ; therefore, where a 

 Quantity of it can be faved, it will 

 be of great Ufe, where there are 

 Quantities of thefe Fowls. 



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The other perennial Sorts rarel 

 produce Seeds in England', bti 

 moft of them increafe very fall a 

 their Roots, efpecially the commoi 

 and creeping-rooted Kinds. Th 

 fecond Sort, which is the moft com 

 mon in the Englijb Gardens, is thi 

 largeft and moft valuable Flower 

 and is a very proper Furniture fo) 

 large Borders in great Gardens, a 

 alfo for Bofquets of large-growinj 

 Plants, or to intermix in in. all Quar 

 ters with Shrubs, or in Walks undo 

 Trees, where few other Plants wii 

 thrive: it is alfo a great Ornamem 

 to Gardens within the City ; when 

 it doth grow, in Defiance of th« 

 Smoke, better than moft otherPlants 

 and for its long Continuance ir 

 Flower, deferves a Place in moll 

 Gardens, for the fake of its Flower; 

 for Balons, &c. to adorn Halls and 

 Chimneys in a Seafon when we are 

 at a Lofs for other Flowers. It be- 

 gins flowering \njune, and continue: 

 until Oftober. 



The thirds fourth, fifth, fixth, an 

 feventh Sorts may alfo have a Place in 

 fome abject Part of the Garden, foi 

 theVariety of their Flowers ; which, 

 though not fo fair as thofe of the 

 common Sort, yet will add to the 

 Diverfity ; and as many of them are 

 late Flowerers, fo we may continue 

 the Succeflion of Flowers longer in 

 the Seafon. 



Thefe Sorts are all of them very 

 hardy, and will grow in almoft any 

 Soil or Situation ; they are propa- 

 gated by parting their Roots into 

 fmall Heads, which in one Year's 

 time will fpread and increafe great- 

 ly. The beft Seafon for this Work is 

 in the Middle of OSiober, foon after 

 their Flowers are paft, or very early 

 in the Spring, that they may be well 

 rooted before the Droughts come onj 

 otherwife their Flowers will be few 

 in Number, and not near fo fair, 



