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lighters in Gardening are fo agree- 

 ably entertained, not only with the 

 (curious Variety of this, but of molt 

 Dther bulbous- rooted Flowers ; few 

 pther FloriUs thinking it worth their 

 Trouble tp wait four or five Years 

 for the Flowers of a Plant, which 

 when produced, perhaps there might 

 pot be one in forty that may merit 

 to be prefervM: but they do not 

 confider, that it is only the Lofs 

 of the three or four fir/t Years after 

 fowing i for if they cominue low- 

 ing every Year after they begin, 

 there will be a Succeifion of Flow- 

 ers annually, which will con flan tly 

 produce fome Sorts that may be 

 different from what they have before 

 feen ; and new Flowers being al- 

 ways the molt valuable to Ikilful 

 Florins (provided they have good 

 Properties to recommend them), it 

 will always be a fufncient Recom- 

 pence for their Trouble. 



The Method of railing thefe 

 Flowers from Seed is as follows : 

 Having provided yourfelf with fome 

 good Seed (which mould be faved 

 from either femi-double, or fuch an- 

 gle Flowers as are large, and have 

 goodProperties),you mult have aPar- 

 cel of fquare mallow Boxes or Pots, 

 which mult be filled with fre-lh light 

 fandy Soil, laying the Surface very 

 level; then fow your Seed thereon a; 

 equally as polhblc, covering it about 

 half an Inch thick with the fame 

 light Earth : the time for this Work 

 is about the Beginning of Auguft. 

 Thefe Boxes or Pots mould be placed 

 where they may enjoy the morning 

 Sun, only until the Middle orLatter- 

 end of September ; at which time 

 they ihould be removed into a 

 warmer Situation j and towards the 

 End of OSlobcr they mould be placed 

 under a common Hot-bed-frame 5 

 where they may remain during the 

 Winter and Spring Months, that 

 they may be protecled from hard 



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Frofls ; though they mould be ejj- 

 pofed to the open Air when the 

 Weather is mild, by taking off the 

 GlafTes. In February tne young 

 Plants will begin to appear above-r 

 ground ; at which time they mult bs 

 carefully fcreen'd from Frolb, other- 

 wife they will prove very injurious 

 to them : but you muft never cover 

 them at that Seafon but in the 

 Night, or in very bad Weather i 

 for when the Plants are come up, if 

 they are clofe cover'd, they will 

 draw up very tall and (lender, aa4 

 thereby prevent the Growth of their 

 Roots. In the Middle of Ma>ch H 

 if the Weather proves good, yoa 

 may remove the Boxes out of the 

 Frame, placing them in a warm Si- 

 tuation, but not too near a Wall r 

 observing, if the Seafon be dry % 

 to refrelh them now-and-then 

 with a little Water, as alfo to 

 keep them very clear from Weeds j 

 which would foon overfpread the 

 tender Plants, and deltroy them, if 

 permitted to remain. 



Toward the Latter-end of J/rl7^ 

 or the Beginning of May, thefe 

 Boxes mould be removed into a cool- 

 er Situation: for the Heat of the 

 Sun at that Seafon will be too- 

 great for thefe tender Plants, caulin^ 

 their Blades to decay much foooer 

 than they would, if they were 

 fcreen'd from its Violence. In this 

 (hady Situation they ihould remain 

 dunng the Heat of Summer, obferV- 

 ing to keep them conllancly clear 

 from Weeds: but you muil not 

 place them under the Dripping of 

 Trees, cjfr. nor ihould you give 

 them any Water after their B]ade» 

 are decay'd ; for that will infalli- 

 bly rot the Roots. About the Mid- 

 dle or Latter-end of Auguji yon 

 ihould fift a little light rich Earth 

 over the Surface of the Boxes j aud 

 then remove them again into a warm- 

 er Situation, and treat them, da- 

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