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■ring the Winter, Spring, and Sum- 

 mer Months, as was before directed : 

 and about the Middle of" Auguft 

 you fliould prepare a Bed of light 

 rich fandy Soil, in proportion to the 

 Quantity of your Seedling-plants ; 

 and having levell'd the Surface very 

 even, you Ihould take out the Earth 

 from the Boxes in which your Plants 

 were rais'd, into a Sieve, in order 

 Co get out ail the Roots, which by 

 this time (if they have grown well) 

 will be about the Thicknefs of a 

 faiall Quill. Thefe Roots mould 

 be placed upon the Bed at about 

 two or three Inches afunder, obferv- 

 ing to fct the Bottom -part of their 

 Koots downward ; then cover them 

 over two Inches thick with the 

 fame light Earth : but as it will be 

 impoffible to get all the fmall Roots 

 ■ out of the Earth in the Boxes, you 

 fhould fpreadthe Earth upon another 

 Bed equally, ami cover it over with 

 light Earth ; by which Method you 

 will not lofe any of the Roots, be 

 they ever fo fmall. 



Thefe Beds muft be arched over 

 with Hoops j and in very hard frof- 

 ty Weather they muft be coverM 

 with Mats, &c. to protect them 

 from Froft ; and in the Spring, when 

 the green Leaves are above-ground, 

 if the Weather mould be very dry, 

 you mn ft refrelh them with Water j 

 but do this fparingly j for nothing 

 is more injurious to thefe Bulbs, 

 than too great Quantities of Moift- 

 tire. During the Summer-feafon you 

 muft conftantly keep the Beds clear 

 from Weeds; but after the Blades 

 are decay'd, you muft never give 

 them any Water: and in Autumn 

 you ihould ftir the Surface of the 

 Bed with a very fhort Hand-fork ; 

 being exceeding careful not to thruft 

 it fo deep as to touch the Roots ; 

 which, if hurt, are very fubjecl: to 

 periih foon after. Then fift a little 



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frefh light rich Earth over the Be4f 

 about an Inch thick, or fomewhat 

 more; and in Winter cover them, 

 again (as was before directed). In 

 this Bed the Roots may continue 

 until they flower, which is common- 

 ly five Years after fowirg, obferving 

 to treat them, both in Summer ana 

 W r inter, as before. 



When their Flowers begin to 

 mew themfelves, you fhould mark 

 all fuch as appear to have good Pro- 

 perties, by thrufting a fmall Stick 

 down by each Root ; which Roots, 

 at the time for taking them up, 

 mould be felecled from the reft, and 

 planted by themfelves : tho* I would 

 by no means advife the rejecting any 

 of the other Roots, until they have 

 blown two Years ; before which you 

 cannot be afcertained of their Value. 

 When the green Leaves of thefe 

 Plants begin to decay, their Roots 

 muft be taken up ; and the Earth of 

 the Bed being rais'd into a Ridge, 

 the better to (hoot off the Moifture, 

 they Ihould be laid into the Earth 

 again in an horizontal Pofition, 

 leaving the green Leaves hanging 

 downwards from the Roots, where- 

 by the great Moifture contained in 

 their very fucculent Leaves and 

 Flower-ftalks is exhaled, and pre- 

 vented from entering the Roots ; 

 which, when fuffered to return in- 

 to them, is very often the Caufe of 

 their rotting. In this Ridge the 

 Roots mould remain until the Leaves 

 are quite dried oft, when they muft 

 be taken up ; and after being cleared 

 of all manner of Filth, which would 

 be hurtful to them, they muft be 

 laid up in Boxes ; where they may. 

 be preferved dry until September, 

 which is the proper Seafon for plant- 

 ing them again.The Method of doing 

 this mail be hereafter mentioned, 

 when we treat of the Management 

 of old Roots. 



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