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very cold, you mull cover the Beds 

 with Peas-haulm, or fome other light 

 Covering, to keep out the Froft, 

 which would prejudice the Roots, if 

 fuffer'd to enter deep into the 

 Ground (efpccially while they are 

 fo young) : but you mud never Jet 

 the Covering remain on in mild 

 Weather, which would alfo be very 

 injurious to them. 



In February, when the hard Frofts 

 are over, you mould gently clear 

 off the Earth upon the Surface of 

 the Beds (which, during theWinrer- 

 feafon, will often have contracted a 

 Moflinefs) ; and fift a little frefh 

 Earth equally over the Beds, which 

 will greatly encourage the Roots : 

 but in doing this, you mult be very 

 careful not to llir the Ground fo 

 deep as to' injure the Roots : nor 

 mould you defer doing it too late, 

 left the Shoots mould be coming 

 up ; which, by this Operation, might 

 be broken, and greatly hurt: and 

 as the Seafon advances, you muft be 

 careful to clear them from Weeds, 

 and in dry Weather to water them ; 

 and in very hot Days, if you made 

 them from the Sun, it will be of 

 great Service to them : but this need 

 not be done till the Latter- end of 

 Aprils or the Beginning of May, 

 when the Seai'on is fometimes very 

 hot and dry. 



When their Leaves are quite de- 

 cay'd, you mould itir the Surface of 

 the Beds again (bjt do not go too 

 deep) ; which will prevent the 

 Weeds from growing very faft, and 

 be of Service to the Roots : and in 

 September you muft fift fome more 

 frefh Earth over the Beds about half 

 an Inch thick : and in Winter and 

 Spring you muft manage them as was 

 directed for the preceding Year* 



InSeptember following thefe Roots 

 will require to be tranfplanted to a 

 greater Diftance, when you muft 



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prepare fome Beds of the fame frefh 

 light Earth, as was before directed, 

 making them level : then take up 

 the Roots, and tranfplant them into 

 the Beds, placing them about eight 

 Inches afunder, obferving to p;it 

 the Roots with their Buds upper- 

 moft, and about four Inches below 

 the Surface. 



This Work mould be dene when 

 the Weather is moift ; for if the 

 Roots are tranfplanted in a very dry 

 Seafon, and there doth not happen 

 Rain foon after, they will take a 

 Mouldinefs, which many times rots 

 them. 



You muft alfo obferve, as was be- 

 fore directed, to keep the Beds in- 

 tirely clear from Weeds : and in 

 Winter, if the Froft mould be very 

 fevere, you muft cover them with 

 Peas - haulm, to prevent the Root3 

 from being injured thereby : and in 

 the Spring you mould take off the 

 Earth from the Surface of the Beds, 

 as before, laying fome frefh thereon, 

 and fo continue the Summer and 

 Winter's Work, as before. • 



The feoond Year after being 

 planted in thefe Beds, the ftrongeli 

 Roots will begin to flower ; at 

 which time, if you obferve any pe- 

 culiar Varieties, you mould put 

 down a Stick by each of thofe Roots 

 to mark, them ; which may be taken 

 up when their Leaves are decayed, 

 and remov'd into the Borders of the 

 Flower-garden, or tranfplanted into 

 other Beds at a greater Diftance, to 

 encourage them to flower ftrono-. 

 But you can't be a Judge which of 

 thofe will be good by their firft 

 Flowers ; therefore you mould ne- 

 ver reject any of them until they 

 have flower\i two or three Years ; 

 for many times fome of thefe 

 Flowers will make but a mean Ap- 

 pearance the firft Year, and after- 

 wards become fair handfome Flow- 



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