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Beds, it will keep out the Froft, and 

 greatly encourage the Roots ; and, 

 if the Winter mould prove fevere, it 

 will be proper to lay a greater Thick- 

 nefs of Tan over the Beds, and alfo 

 in the Alleys, to keep out Froft, or 

 to cover them over with Straw or 

 Peas-haulm, otherwife they may be 

 all deftroyed by the Cold. In the 

 Spring thefe Coverings lhould be re- 

 mov'd, as foon as the Danger of hard 

 Frofts is over, and the Beds muft be 

 kept clean from Weeds the follow- 

 ing Summer : at Michaelmas they 

 lhould have fome frelh Earth laid 

 over the Beds, and covered again 

 with Tan : and fo every Year con- 

 tinu'd till the Roots flower, when 

 you fhould mark all fuch as promife 

 well, which mould be taken up as 

 foon as their Leaves decay, and in 

 Autumn planted at a greater Diftance 

 in new-prepar'd Beds: but thofe 

 which do not flower, or thofe you 

 do not greatly efteem, fhould be per- 

 mitted to remain in the fame Bed ; 

 therefore, in taking up thofe Roots 

 which you mark'd, you muft be care- 

 ful not to difturb the Roots of thofe 

 left, and alfo to level the Earth again, 

 and fift fome frefti Earth over the 

 Beds (as before) to encourage the 

 fmallRoots ; for it oftenhappens,in the 

 Seedlings of thefe Flowers, that at 

 their firll time of blowing, theirFlow- 

 ers do feldom appear half fo beautiful 

 as they do the fecond or third Year : 

 for which Reafon none of them 

 fhould be rejected until they have 

 flower'd two or three times, that fo 

 you may be aflfured of their W T orth. 



Thus having laid down Directi- 

 ons for the fowing and managing 

 thefe Roots, until they are ftrong 

 enough to flower j I {hall proceed 

 to give fome Inftrusftions fcr plant- 

 ing and managing the Roots after- 

 wards, fo as to caufe them to pro- 

 duce large fair Flowers. 

 Vol. II. 



All the Sorts of Narcifus which 

 produce many Flowers upon a Stalk, 

 fhould havea Situation defendedfrom 

 cold and ftrong Winds, otherwife they 

 will be fubjeclto be inj ured by theCold 

 in Winter, and their Stems broken 

 down when in Flower : for, notwith- 

 ftanding their Stalks are generally 

 pretty ftrcng, yet the Number of 

 Flowers upon each renders their 

 Heads weighty, efpecially after 

 Rain, which lodges in the Flowers, 

 and, if fucceeded by ftrong Winds, 

 very often deftroys their Beauty, if 

 they are expos'd thereto ; fo that a 

 Border under an Hedge, which is 

 open to the South-eaft, is preferable 

 to any other Pofition for thefe Flow- 

 ers. 



The morning Sun rifing upon 

 them will dry off the Moifture 

 which had lodged upon them the 

 preceding Night, and caufe them to 

 expand fairer than when they are 

 planted in a ftiady Situation ; and 

 if they arc too much expos'd to the 

 afternoon Sun, they will be hurry d 

 out of their Beauty very foon ; and 

 the ftrong Winds ufually coming 

 from the Weft and South- weft Points, 

 they will be expos'd to the Fury of 

 them, which frequently is very in- 

 jurious to them. But you fhould 

 not plant them under a Wall, or 

 any other clofe Fence ; for that will 

 reflect the Heat too greatly upon the 

 Flowers, and alfo draw them up 

 with weak Stems, fo that they will 

 not flower fo ftrong, nor continue fo 

 long in Beauty. 



Having made choice of a proper 

 Situation, you muft then proceed to 

 prepare the Earth neceflary to plant 

 them in ; for if the natural Soil of 

 the Place be very ftrong, or poor, 

 it will be proper to make the Bor- 

 der of new Earth, removing the 

 former Soil away about three Feet 

 deep. The beft Earth for thefe 



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