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After theFlowers are pall, and the 

 Leaves decayed, you fhould ftir the 

 Surface of the Ground, to prevent 

 the Weeds from growing ; and if at 

 the fame time you lay a little very 

 rotten Dung over the Surface of the 

 Beds, the Rain will wafh down the 

 Salts thereof, which will greatly en- 

 courage the Roots the fucceedmg 

 Year. 



During the Summer-feafon they 

 will require no farther Care, but to 

 keep them clear from Weeds, till 

 Odober, when the Surface of the 

 Beds mould be again ftirr'd, raking 

 off all Weeds, cjrV. and laying fome 

 good frefh Earth over the Bed^ about 

 an Inch deep, which will compen- 

 fate the Lofs fuftamd by Weeding, 

 &.c. and in the Spring you mult 

 manage as was directed for the pre- 

 ceding Year. 



Thefe Roots mould not be tranf- 

 planted oftener than, every third 

 Year ; becauie the firft Year after 

 removing they never flower fo ftrong 

 as they do the fecond and third ; nor 

 will the Roots increaie fo fait, when 

 they are often tianiplanted : but if 

 you let them remain longer than 

 three Years unremov'd, the Number 

 of Off-fets, which by that time will 

 be produc'd, will weaken the large 

 Buibs, and caufj them to produce 

 very {lender Flowers : therefore, at 

 the time of tranfplanting them, all 

 the fmall Off-fets fhould be taken 

 off, and planted in a Nurfery-bed 

 by themfelves ; but the large Bulbs 

 may be planted again for Flowering. 



- If you plant them in the fame Bed 

 where they grew before, you muft 



: take out all the Earth two Feet deep, 

 and fiil up again with frelh, in the 

 manner before directed, which will 

 be equal to removing them into an- 

 other Place : this is the conllant 

 Practice of the Gardeners in Hol- 

 land, who have but little room to 



change their Roots ; therefore they 

 every Year remove the Earth of 

 their Beds, and put in frelh ; fo that 

 the fame Place is conitantly occupy 'd 

 by the like Flowers. 



The fifteenth Sort is pretty com- 

 mon in many of the Gardens near 

 London : this produces only one 

 fingle white Flower on the Top of 

 the Stalk, which turns on one Side, 

 and has a purple Rim to the Cup in 

 the Middle : it flowers the Latter- 

 end of April, and the Beginning of 

 May ; and is very hardy. 



The Eaftern Sorts, having been 

 lately introduced into the EngUJb 

 Gardens, are not at prefent very 

 common : but as they are all very 

 hardy Plants, and multiply pretty 

 fail by Off fets, in few Years they 

 will be in as great Plenty as any of 

 the other Kinds. 



The thirty-feventh, thirty-eighth, 

 thirty -ninth, and fortieth Sorts are 

 extremely worth cultivating in every 

 good Garden, for the fake of their 

 beautiful fweet - fmelling Flowers, 

 which continue from the Beginning 

 of March to the End of April, un- 

 lefs the Seafon proves very hot. The 

 forty -fourth Sort often produces 

 twenty Flowers on each Stalk, which 

 are of a fnow-white Colour, and 

 fmel! exceeding fweet. 



The thirty-feventh Sort produces 

 very double Flowers, which are 

 larger than thofe of the Jonquil, 

 and a great Number of them upon 

 each Stalk; the outer Petals of the 

 Flower are white, and the middle 

 are a Mixture of white and orange 

 Petal?, which make a fine Appear- 

 ance j and the Flower having a molt 

 agreeable Scent, renders them the 

 mod valuable of all the Kinds. This 

 is the firit Sort which flowers in the 

 Spring. Oftentimes it is in full 

 Flower by the middle of February, 

 when the Seafon is mild; and the 

 O o o 2 green 



