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Fibres; for when we plant thefe Bulbs or Roots, it 
is generally either too wet or too dry ; if it be a wet 
Seafon,the Bulbs are too foon faturated with Moifture, 
which rots them ; and if it be too dry, they lie fo 
long, before they can attract Moifture enough to 
make them Vegetate, that they grow mouldy, and 
are render’d dry and hard as a piece of Stick, fo that 
the firfl Rain infallibly rots them. 
N. B. Thefe Experiments were made without the 
Benefit of any Sun, all my Windows having a 
Northern Expofition. 
As thefe Experiments have open’d a new Scene 
of Knowledge in the Vegetable World, and maybe 
of great Ufe in Natural Philofophy, and particu- 
larly improve the Art of Gardening; its to be hoped 
the Curious will carry on the Inquiry as they have 
Leifure and Opportunity. 
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Directions for Planting Bulbous Roots in Pots or 
GlaJJes of Water. 
When the Leaden falfe Bottoms are fix’d down 
tight, within two or three Inches from the Bottom 
of the Pots (which is only defign’d to hold the Sticks 
Ready that are to fupport the Leaves and Steins of 
the Flowers) lay on the Lead, which is to fupport 
the Bulbs, placing the notched Part oppofite to that 
in the falfe Bottom, as near as the Sticks when placed 
will fuffer it ; then place your Bulbs in each Hole, 
and fill in Water up to the Lead, which will then 
touch the Bottom of the Bulb, and as the Water 
evapo. 
