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Flowers is a frefh light hazel Loam, 

 mix'd up with a little very rotten 

 Neats-dung : this mould be well 

 mix'd together, and often turn'd 

 over, in order to fvveeten it : then, 

 having remov'd away the old Earth 

 to the fore-mention'd Depth, you 

 fhould put a Laying of rotten Dung, 

 or Tan, in the Bottom, about fix or 

 eight Inches thick, upon which you 

 muft lay fome of the prepar'd Earth 

 about eighteen or twenty Inches 

 thick, making it exacliy level ; then, 

 having mark'd out by Line the exact 

 Distances at which the Roots are to 

 be planted (which mould not be lefs 

 than fix or eight Inches fquare), you 

 muft place the Roots accordingly, 

 obferving to fet them upright ; then 

 you muft cover them over with the 

 before-mention'd Earth about eight 

 Inches deep, being very careful, in 

 doing of it, not to diiplace 'the 

 Roots : when this is done, you muft 

 make the Surface of the Border even, 

 and make up the Side ftrait, which 

 will appear handfome. 



The bell time for planting thefe 

 Roots is toward the End of Auguft ; 

 for if they are kept too long out of 

 the Ground, it will caufe their 

 Flowers to be very weak. You 

 fhould alfo obferve the Nature of 

 the Soil where they are planted, and 

 whether the Situation be wet or dry, 

 according to which you fliould adapt 

 the frefti Earth, and order the Beds ; 

 for, if the Soil be very ftrong, and 

 the Situation moift, you mould then 

 make choice of a lightEarth,and raife 

 the Beds fix or eight Inches, or a 

 Foot, above theLevel of theGround, 

 otherwife the Roots will be in Dan- 

 ger of perifhing by too much Wet : 

 but if the Situation be dry, and the 

 Soil naturally light, you mould then 

 allow the Earth to be a little ftrong- 

 er ; and the Beds mould not be rais'd 

 above three Inches high : fcr if they 



ari made too high., the Roots will 

 fuffer very mucn, if the Spring 

 mould prove dry, nor would the 

 Flowers be near fo fair. As alfo, in 

 very fevere Winters, thofe Beds 

 which are rais'd much above the 

 Level of the Ground, will be more 

 expos'd to the Cold than thofe which 

 are lower, unlefs the Alleys are fill- 

 ed up with rotten Tan, or Litter. 



During the Summer, the only 

 Culture thefe Flowers require is, to 

 keep them free from Weeds ; and 

 when their Leaves are intirely de- 

 cay'd, they mould be raked off, and 

 the Beds made clean : but by no 

 means cut off their green Leaves 

 fooner, as is by fome prattis'd ; for 

 that greatly weakens the Roots. 



Toward the middle of October,. 

 if the Weeds have grown upon the 

 Beds, you mould, in a dry Day, 

 gently hoe the Surface of the Ground, 

 to dcftroy them, obferving to rake 

 it over-fmooth again; and, before 

 the Frofts come on, the Bedslhou-ld 

 be cover'd over two Inches thick 

 with rotten Tan, to keep out tho 

 Froft ; after which, they will require 

 no farther Care till the Spring, 

 when their Leaves will appear above- 

 ground ; at which time you mould 

 gently ftir the Surface of the Earth 

 with a fmall Trowel, being very 

 careful not to injure the Leaves of 

 the Plants, and rake it fmooth wita 

 your Hands, clearing off all Weeds. 

 C5V. which, if fuffer'd to remain at 

 that Seafon, will foon grow fo faft,. 

 as to appear unfightly, and will ex- 

 haufh the Nourifhment from the 

 Earth. With this Management thefe 

 Roots will flower very ilrong, fome 

 of which will appear in March, and 

 ths others in April ; which, if fuffer- 

 ed to remain, will continue in Beau- 

 ty a full Month, and are, at that 

 Seafon, very great Ornaments to a 

 Flower-garden. 



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