( 2 &9 ) 
of about four pounds to the Foot, cut fit to my Pot, 
and made holes in it proportionable to the bottoms of 
my Bulbs, and likewife fmall holes to fix flicks for 
the fupport of the Leaves and Stems of the Flowers; 
I put a little coarfe Sand in the bottoms of my Pots, 
thinking it would fupport the Sticks, and keep them 
fteady ; but when I came to make ufe of the Sticks, 
the Sand gave way j I then made Life bottoms with 
Lead, and cut Holes oppofite to thofe at the Top, 
which anfwer’d my purpofe. Upon taking up the 
Bulbs to put in thefe falfe bottoms, I found the 
Sand had corroded the Fibres, and changed them ail 
like Ironmould, that I thought they were fpoil’d ; 
but rincing them in two or three Waters, it came clear 
off, and on fixing my falfe Bottoms, and placing the 
Bulbs in their holes, and filling them up with frefh 
Water, they recover’d, and never changed again in the 
clearWater, but thriv’d and put forth their Flowers 
very kindly, although by the Experiments which 
I had tried, before I could fix them right, I had often 
planted and tranfplanted them. But I found after- 
wards that Glafs Jarrs of the Form as reprefented in 
the Plate, were the moft convenient, both for feeing 
the Progrefs the Roots made, and for knowing when 
they want to be cleaned. 
At Fig. I. is reprefented one of thefe Glafs Jarrs, 
containing the following Flowers, 
i Golden Sun, 
2. Boffelrnan, 
3. Keyfers Jewel, 
4. Pulchra, 
y. Janus, 
N n 2 At 
Narcijits’s. 
Hyacinths. 
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