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troublefome to fome Perfons ; and 

 the annual Production of new Flow- 

 ers correfponding to the annual Sow- 

 ing, it will be as if the Product, arofe 

 foon after. 



The not praftifing this Method 

 has occafion'd our fending abroad 

 annually for great Quantities of 

 Flower-roo's, which have been kept 

 up to an high Price, on account of 

 the great Demand for them in Eng- 

 land \ whereas if we were as indu- 

 ftrious to propagate them as our 

 Neighbours, we might foon vie with 

 them, if not outdo them, in moil 

 Sorts of Flowers ; as may be eafily 

 feen, by the vafl Variety of Carna- 

 tions, Auricula's, Ranunculus's, &c. 

 which are what have been produe'd 

 from Seeds in England, and exceed 

 every thing in thofe Kinds of any 

 Part of Europe. 



I fhall therefore firft lay down the 

 Method of propagating thefe Flow- 

 ers from Seeds ; and afterwards pro- 

 ceed to the neceflary Directions for 

 increafing them from Off-fets ; with 

 the manner of treating the Roots, 

 to produce ftrong Flowers. 



You muft be very careful, in fave- 

 ing your Seeds, to gather none but 

 from fuch Flowers as have good Pro- 

 perties, and particularly from fuch 

 only as have many Flowers upon a 

 Stalk, that flower tall, and have 

 beautiful Cups to their Flowers ; 

 from fuch you may expect to have 

 good Flowers produe'd : but if you 

 fow ordinary Seed, it is only putting 

 yourfelf to Trouble and Expence to 

 no purpofe ; fince from fuch Seeds 

 there can be no Hopes of procuring 

 any valuable Flowers. 



Having provided yourfelf with 

 good Seeds, you muft procure either 

 fome mallow Cafes, or flat Pans, 

 made on purpofe for the raifing of 

 | Seedlings, which (hould have Holes 



in their Bottoms, to let the Mbifture 

 pafs off ; thefe muft be fill'd with 

 frefti light fandy Earth about the 

 Beginning of Auguft (that being the 

 Seafon forfowing the Seeds of moil: 

 bulbous-rooted Flowers), which muft 

 be leveled very even ; then fow the 

 Seeds thereon pretty thick, covering 

 them over with fine-fifted light Earth 

 about half an Inch thick, and place 

 the Cafes or Pans in a Situation 

 where they may have only the morn- 

 ing Sun till about Ten o'Clock, 

 where they mould remain until the 

 Beginning of Odober, when they muft 

 be remov'd into a warmer Situation, 

 placing them upon Bricks, that the 

 Air may freely pafs under the Cafes, 

 which will preferve them from being 

 too moift. 



They (hould alfo be expos'd to 

 the full Sun, but fcreen'd from the 

 North and Eaft Winds ; and if the 

 Froft mould be fevere, they muft be 

 cover'd, other wife they will be de- 

 ftroy'd ; in this Place they may re- 

 main until the Beginning of April* 

 by which time the Plants will be up, 

 when you muft carefully clear them 

 from Weeds ; and if the Seafon 

 fhould prove dry, they muft be fre- 

 quently water' d : the Cafes mould 

 alfo now be remov'd into their for- 

 mer fnady Situation ; for the Heat of 

 the noon-day Sun will be too great 

 for the young Plants. 



The latter End of June, when the 

 Leaves of the Plants are decay 'd, you 

 mould takeoff the upper Surface of 

 the Earth in the Cafes (which, by 

 that time, will have contracted a 

 Moffinefs ; and, if fuffered to re- 

 main, will greatly injure the younr 

 Roots), obferving not to take i; 

 fo deep as to touch the Roots ; then 

 fift fome frefh light Earth over the 

 Surface, about half an Inch thick* 

 which will greatly ftrengthen the 



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