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pot rooted oat, their Seeds, having 

 Wings to them, will be wafted by 

 the Wind over the whole Field ; fo 

 that the Labour of weeding the 

 Fields will be loll, where the Hedges 

 are full of bad Weeds. 



The third, fifth, thirteenth, twen- 

 ty-fourth, twenty-fifth, forty-fourth, 

 and forty-fifth Sorts are abiding 

 Plants, which are frequently pre- 

 fer ved in Gardens for their Beauty. 

 The third and fifth have very white 

 filver Leaves, which make a fine Ap- 

 pearance thro 1 the Year; but thefe 

 are too tender to live in the open 

 Air in England thro' the Winter ; fo 

 that the Plants mould be planted in 

 Pots filled with light loamy Earth ; 

 and if they are fheltered under an 

 Hot- bed-frame in Winter, giving 

 them as much Air as polTible in 

 mild Weather, they will do better 

 than when they are treated more 

 tenderly ; and fome of the Plants 

 may be turned out of the Pots in the 

 Spring, and planted in warm Bor- 

 ders, where they will flower better 

 than thofe which are kept in Pots, 

 and will more certainly produce 

 Seeds : but it will be advifeable to 

 keep fome Plants of each Sort in 

 Pots, left thofe which are planted 

 abroad fhould be deftroyed, whereby 

 • the Sorts may be loll. 



The fixteenth, feventeenth, eigh- 

 teenth, nineteenth, twentieth, twen- 

 ty-firft, afid twenty-fecond Sorts are 

 alfo perennial Plants. Thefe grow 

 wild in feveral Parts of Europe ; but 

 are not Natives of England. 



All thefe Sorts may be propagated 

 by Seeds, which mould be fown in 

 March, on a Bed of frefh undunged 

 Earth .: when the Plants begin to ap- 

 pear, they muft be carefully cleared 

 from Weeds ; and as foon as they 

 are fit to tranlplant, they fhould be 

 removed, and planted in Beds of un- 

 dunged Earth, at about a Foot Di- 



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fiance every Way. Thefe Plants 

 muft be watered, and if the Seafon 

 is hot, they mould be lhaded until 

 they have taken new Root ; after 

 which time they will require no far- 

 ther Care but to keep them clear 

 from Weeds until Michaelmas fol- 

 lowing, when they mould be taken 

 up and tranfplanted where they are 

 dcfigned to remain ; the common 

 hardy Sorts under Trees, in Wilder- 

 nefs-quarters, and other abject Parts 

 of the Garden, where they will abide 

 many Years, and only require to be 

 kept clear from the largeft Weeds, 

 which will overbear them ; but as 

 for lefler Weeds, they will not hurt 

 them : the other Sorts, which are 

 more tender, mould be planted in a 

 warmer Situation," and on a lean 

 ftony Soil, where they will endure 

 the Cold of our Winters very well, 

 and afford an agreeable Variety. 



The fixth, fourteenth, fifteenth, 

 thirty-feventh, forty -firft, forty-fe- 

 cond, and forty-tnird Sorts are an- 

 nual Plants. The Seeds of thefe 

 muft be fown either in March, or the* 

 Beginning oi^fptembcr, Thofe which 

 are fown in Autumn will come up, 

 and the Plants will be ftrong enough 

 to refill the Froft, provided they are 

 in a warm Border; and thefe Plants 

 will flower much ftronger, and come 

 earlier in the Seafon, than thofe fown 

 in the Spring ; fo that thefe will al- 

 ways produce good Seeds. But if 

 thefe autumnal Plants fhould be de- 

 ftroyed by fevere Froft, then fome of 

 their Seeds fhould be fown in March, 

 on a Bed of Earth, where they 

 are defigned to remain : for thefe 

 Plants will not be large enough to 

 tranfplant till May, when the Seafon 

 is generally warm ; fo that it will 

 be difficult to make the Plants take 

 Root, unlefs they are conftantly 

 fhaded and watered : it is a better 

 Method therefore to fow thefe Seeds 



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