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J lhall now proceed to the Cul- 

 ture of fuch Hyacinths as have 

 either been obtained from Holland, 

 or are of our own Product from 

 Seeds, that are ver, beautiful, and 

 worthy to be preferved in Collecti- 

 ons of good Fiowers ; and it hath 

 been the want of Skill in the Ma- 

 nagement of thefe ncble Flowers, 

 which has occafion'd ;he ill Succefs 

 mod People have had with them in 

 England \ whereby they are aimoft 

 intirely negle&ed, fuppofing their 

 Roots deg nerate after they have 

 fiower'd in England: which is a great 

 Miftake ; for were the Roote mana- 

 ged with the fame Art as is praclis'd 

 in Hollan d lam fully convinced they 

 would thrive full as well in England 

 as there, or elfewhere, as I have ex- 

 perienced ; for, from fome Hundreds 

 of Roo.s which I have received from 

 Holland at two or three different 

 time% I have ir.creaied them to al- 

 moit double the Number of ftrong 

 Roob ; all which fiower'd in the 

 Spring Anno 1 730. ftronger than they 

 did when I firft rece ved them : and 

 I dare fay they were as large, and 

 produced a« many Flowers on their 

 Stems, as if they were in H.liand. 



The Soil in which thefe Flowers 

 fucceed belt, is a light fandy frefh 

 rich E:<rth, which may becompos'd 

 after the following manner: Take 

 half frefh Eart*. from a Common or 

 Pallure-land which is of a fandy 

 Loam ; this Ihould not be taken 

 above eight or nine Inc.ies deep at 

 moll ; and if you take the Turf or 

 Green-fward with it, ii will ibll be 

 better, provided you have time to 

 let it rot ; to this you fhou d add a 

 Fourth-part of Sea-land, ind the other 

 Fourth-part of rotten Cow-dung: 

 mix thefe well together, and cafe it 

 into an Heap, w.iere it may remain 

 until you ule it; obi-rving to turn 

 it over once in three Weeks^ or a 



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Month. If this Comport be made 

 two or three Years before it be ufed, 

 it will be much the better : but if 

 you are obliged to ufe it fooner, then 

 it mould be oftener turned, that the 

 Parts may the better unite. 



This Soil ihould be laid two Feet 

 deep on the Beds which are defigned 

 for your Hyacinths j and you may 

 lay a little rotten Cow-dung or Tan- 

 ners Bark at the Bottom, which may- 

 be within Reach of the Fibres ; but 

 it ihould by no means touch the 

 Bulb. If the Soil be very wet, 

 where thefe Beds are made, you 

 fhotid raiie them ten or twelve 

 Inches above the Surface ; but if it 

 be dry, they need not be railed aboi^e 

 thre or four Inches. 



The manner of preparing the Beds 

 is as follow* : Firu, take ail the for- 

 mer old E >rth out of the Bed to the 

 Dtp h ycu intend, which ihould be 

 three Feet ; then fpread a little rot- 

 ten Dung or Tan in the Bottom, lay- 

 ing it very level; upon t:iis you 

 fhould lay the above- mentioned 

 Earth twelve or fifteen Inches thick, 

 levelling it very even : 'hen fcore 

 out the Diftances for the Roots, 

 which lho .Id be eight Irenes fquare, 

 in ftrait i^ows earn Way; after 

 wnich, place your Roots exactly in 

 the Square;, obferving to fee the 

 Bottom part downward ; then cover 

 the Roo s fix Inches deep with the 

 fame prepared Earth ; being very- 

 careful, in do ng of this, no, to dis- 

 place any of them : and if the Tops 

 of thefe Beds are made a little round- 

 ing, to fhoot oft the Wet, it will be 

 of Service, provided they are not 

 made too hi- h, which is a Fault the 

 other way. 



The belt Seafon for planting thefe 

 Roots is toward the Middle or Lat- 

 ter-end of Septembtr, according to 

 the Earlmcfs or Latenefs of the Sea- 

 fon, or the Weather whicn then hap- 



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