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• of the day, for the Heat of the noon -day fun will be 
' too great for the young plants. ■ 
The latter end ot June, when the leaves of the plants 
are, decayed, you fhould take off the upper furface 
of the earth in, the cafes 1 (which by that time will have 
contracted a .moffinefs, and, if iufifered to remain, 
will greatly injure the young roots) obferving not to 
take it lo deep as to touch the roots ; then lift feme 
frefh light earth over the furface, about half an inch 
thick, which will greatly ftrengthen the roots ; the 
fame fhould alfo be repeated in October, when the 
cafes, are moved again into the fun. 
During the fu miner feafon, if the weather Ihouid 
prove very wet, and’ the earth in the cafe appear very 
rnoiflv you muft remove them into the fun till the earth 
be dry again ; for if the roots recei ve much wet during 
the time they are inactive, it very often rots them ; 
therefore you muft never give them any water after 
their leaves are decayed, but only place them in the 
fhade, as was before di reded. 
Thus you fhould manage them the two firft feafon s, 
till their leaves are decayed ; but the fecond fummer 
after Towing, you fhould carefully take up the roots ; 
which may be done, by lifting, the earth in the cafes 
through a fine fieve, whereby the roots will be eafily 
feparated from the earth ; then having prepared a bed 
or two ef good frefh light earth, in proportion to the 
quantity of your roots, you fhould plant them there- 
in, at about three inches diftance every way, and 
about three inches deep in the ground. 
Thefe beds ihouid be raifed above the level of the 
ground, in proportion to the rnoifture of the foil, 
which if dry, three inches will bonenough •, but if it be 
wet, they muft be raifed fix or eight inches high, and 
laid a. little rounding, to fhoot off the wet. 
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If thefe beds are made in July, which is the beft time 
to tranfplant the roots, the weeds will foon appear very 
thick *, therefore you fhould gently hoe the furface 
of the ground to deftiroy them, being very careful not 
to cut fo deep as to touch any of the roots ; and this 
fhould be repeated as often as may be found necef- 
fary, by the growth of thy weeds, obferving always 
to do it in dry weather, that they may be effedually 
deftroyed ; and toward the latter end of Oflober, after 
having entirely cleared the beds from weeds, you 
fhould fift a little rich light earth over them, about 
an inch thick ; the goodnefs of which will be wafhed 
down to the roots by the winter’s rain, which will 
greatly encourage their fhooting in the fpring. 
If the cold fhould be very fevere in winter, you 
fhould cover the beds either with old tan or fea coal 
afnes, or in want of thefe with Peafe-haulm, or fome 
fuch light covering, to prevent the froft from pene- 
trating the ground to the roots, which might greatly 
injure them while they are fo young. 
In the fpring, when the plants begin to appear above 
ground, you muft gently ftir the furface of the ground, 
clearing it from weeds, &c. in doing of which, you 
Ihouid be very careful not to injure the plants ; and 
if the feafon fhould prove dry, you fhould now and 
then gently refrefli them with water, which will 
ftrengthen the roots. 
When their leaves are decayed, you fhould clear the 
beds from weeds, and fift a little earth over them (as 
was before direded) which muft alfo be repeated in 
.October, in like manner ; but the roots fhould not re- 
main longer in thefe beds than two years, by which 
time they" wip have grown fo large as to require more 
room *, therefore they fhould be taken up as foon as 
their leaves are decayed, and planted into frefh beds, 
which ihouid be dug deep, and a little very rotten dung 
buried in, the bottom, for the fibres of the roots to 
ftrike into. Then the roots fhould be planted at fix 
inches diftance, and the fame depth in the ground. 
In the autumn, before the froft comes on, if fome 
rotten tan is laid over the beds, it will keep out the 
froft, and greatly encourage the roots ; and if the 
winter fhould prove fevere, it will be proper to lay a 
greater thicknefs of tan over the beds, and alfo in the 
alleys, to keep out froft, or to cover them over with 
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Straw, or Peafe-haulm, otherwife they may be all de- 
ftroyed by the cold. In the fpring thefe coverings 
fhould be removed, as foon as the danger of hard 
frofts is over, and the beds muft be kept clean from 
weeds the following fummer: at Michaelmas they 
fnould have fome frefh earth laid over the beds, and 
covered again with tan, and fo every year continued 
till the roots flower, which is generally in five years 
from feed, when you ihouid mark all fuch as promife 
well, which fhould be taken up as Foon as their leaves 
decay, and planted at a greater diftance in new pre- 
pared beds ; but thofe which do not flower, or thofe 
you do not greatly efteem, fnould be permitted to re- 
main in the lame bed ; therefore, in taking up thofe 
roots which you marked, you muft be careful not to 
difturb the roots of thofe left, and alfo to level the 
earth again, and fift fome frefh earth over the beds 
(as before) to encourage the roots ; for it often hap- 
pens in the feedlings of thefe flowers, that at their 
firft time of blowing, their flowers feldom appear 
half fo beautiful as they do the fecond year •. for which 
reafon none of them fhould be rejected until they 
have flowered two or three times, that fo you may be 
affured of their worth. 
Thus having laid down diredions for the fowing and 
managing thefe roots, until they are ftrong enough 
to flower, I fhall proceed to give fome inftrudions 
for planting and managing the roots afterwards, fo as 
to caufe them to produce large fair flowers. 
All the forts of Narciffus which produce many flowers 
upon a ftalk, fhould have a fituation defended from 
cold and ftrong winds, otherwife they will be fubjed 
to be injured by the cold in winter, and their ftems 
broken down when in flower); for notwithftanding their 
ftalks are generally pretty ftrong, yet the number of 
flowers upon each renders their heads weighty, espe- 
cially after rain, which lodges in the flowers, and, 
if fucceeded by ftrong winds, very often deftroys 
their beauty, if they are expofed thereto ; fo that 
a border under a hedge, which is open to the fourh- 
eaft, is preferable to any other pofition for thefe 
flowers. 
The morning fun rifing upon them will dry off the 
rnoifture which had lodged upon them the preceding 
night, and.caufe them to expand fairer than when 
they are planted in a Ihady fituation •, and if they are 
too much expofed to the afternoon fun, they will be 
hurried out of their beauty very foon ; and the 
ftrong winds ufually coming from the weft and fouth- 
weft points, they will be expofed to the fury of 
them, which frequently is very injurious to them. 
Having made choice of a proper fituation, you muft 
then proceed to prepare the earth neceffary to plane 
them in ; for if the natural foil of the place be very 
ftrong or poor, it will be proper to make the border 
of new earth, removing the former foil away about 
three feet deep. The beft earth for thefe flowers is a 
frefh, light, hazel loam, mixed with a little very rotten 
neats dung : this fhould be well mixed together, and 
often turned over, in order to fweeten it ; then having 
removed away the old earth to the fore-mentioned 
depth, you fhould put a layer of rotten dung or tan 
in the bottom, about four or five inches thick, upon 
which you muft lay fome of the prepared earth about 
eighteen or twenty inches thick, making it exadly le- 
vel ; then having marked out by line the exad dis- 
tances at which the roots are to be planted (which 
fhould not belefs 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-mentioned earth about eight inches deep, 
being very careful in doing it, not to difpiace the 
roots ; when this is done, you muft make the furface 
of the border even, and make up the fide ftrait, which 
will appear handfome. 
The beft time for planting thefe roots is in the end of 
Auguft, or beginning of September; for if they are 
kept too long out of the ground, it will caufe their 
flowers to be weak. You fh child alfo obferve -the 
nature of the foil where they are planted, and whe- 
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