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due order, which the Nature and Quality of this 
Plant requires. . _ 
CXXV. For the railing of new Varieties oi 
Anemones from Seed, choice muft be made of the 
Flowers (as Mr. Rea fays) as in Tulips -, fome of 
the Double Lat if olio’s bring Seeds, the richeft Scar- 
lets, paleft Purples, Pink colored, While add Sky 
colored are the belt. , 
CXXVI. But in the Single AngufUfolids , or 
Tenuif olio’s , there is more choice \ as Red and 
Scarlets with deep white edges-, ail that are vari- 
egated or ftriped with White-, and in thefe, the 
deepeft Velvet Purples are the beft : But above all 
others, thole which have 2 or 3 Rows of Leaves, 
and that excellent Single Velvet Blew , are chiefly 
to be prefer’d. 
CXXV 1 I. In (hort, to have good Seed, you 
ought to pitch upon Single Anemones which have 
ftrong Stalks, and proportioned in height to the 
largenefs of the Flower, and which have long and 
round Leaves, for thefe kinds of Flowers never 
degenerate -, and therefore it may be in a manner 
certain, that if Nature, the Seafon, and the Soil 
favour us, they will give us a produce of very fine 
Flowers- 
V. Of Sowing the Seed. 
CXXVIIL The Seeds of thefe Flowers will be 
ready to be gathered in /J%, which muft be done 
as the Down riles, elfe they will be all blown a- 
way ^ and having gathered all your Seed, dryed 
and cleared them from their Down, as dire&ed at 
Sell. CXXIII. above, or by mixing with them a 
fufficient quantity of dry fine Sifted Earth, and in 
a Bowl, Trey or Bafon, ftirring and mixing them 
with your Fingers fo long, till none of the white 
Down appears j you are then (not to ftay till Au- 
gufl as fome French Gardiners direff,) but to Sow 
them about a Month after as Parkinfon advifes,' or 
not exceeding 6 Weeks, or the middle of July at 
molt, as Mr. Rea fays. 
CXXIX. Then be fure the Earth in which you 
Sowf them be good, and finely Sifted, and let the 
Ground be made into Beds as before direfted, or 
put into Boxes or Pots, if you defign them : This 
Ground muft not be a too ftiff Clay, nor too light 
a Sand -, but if not fit for the Durpofe, it muft be 
prepared, and may be compounded thus. The Clay 
Earth is to be mixed with Brook Sand and Pearl 
Sand , and good ftefh fat Earth , taken from next 
under the Turf of fome good Paflure , winch with 
fome old Neats Dung well rotted to Earthy and 
fome Lime , are to be well mixed together , and be- 
ing dry , to be often Sifted or Skreerid over , that 
the Mould may be made very fine. 
CXXX. With this Mould thus prepared, you 
may make Beds, (fc. as aforefaid -, upon which you 
are to Sow your Seed reafonably thin, and not too 
thick ; (fo alfo in Boxes or Pots,) let the top of 
the Bed, Etc. be firft made very plain and fmooth, 
then your Seed being Sown upon the fame, gently 
ltrew or Sift over them, fome fine good frefh 
Mould, covering them about an Inch thick at molt 
for the firft time. 
CXXXL About a Month after their firft Spring- 
ing up, ftrew or Sift over them again another Inch 
thicknefs of fine Earth ■, and in the mean time, if 
the Weather proves dry, you muft Water them 
gently and often, but not to overglut them with 
moifture. And thus doing, you will have them 
Spring up before Winter, and grow pretty ftrong, 
able to abide the (harp Seafon in this their fo ten- 
der Age -, efpecially if you take a little care to co- 
ver them loofely with fome Ream, Straw, Peafe- 
Straw, Hay or the like, which muft not lye dole 
upon them, nor yet too far off', being laid over 
them upon Sticks. 
CXXX II. But in your Sowing the Seed, tho’ 
you are not to Sow them too thick, yet you ought 
not to err on the other Hand neither, in Sowing 
them too thin, becaufe many of them may mil- 
carry, and nevei Spring up, which being covered 
as aforefaid, about an Inch thick with fine Sifted 
rich Earth, and fo to be farther ordered as in the 
former Settion , will not fail to anfwer your Ex- 
pectations. 
GXXXIII. Some in Sowing the Seed, do it 
after this manner, (the Bed being before hand pre- 
pared) they take the Seed and put it into a Leather 
Bag, and doling up the whole, fo as only three 
Fingers may enter in, you may prefs the Bag with 
one Hand, and Jerk, or a little Ihake it with the 
other, fo will the Seed fpring out * infuch a man- 
ner as it ought to be Sown, moving the Bag up and 
down over the Bed, both long ways and crols ways, 
that each part may have its fhare of Seed. 
CXXXIV. Which done, and fine Earth being 
Sifted over it as aforefaid, immediately , ftrew the 
whole Bed thinly over with long Straw, and forth- 
with Water it with a Watering-Pot, which let be 
pretty confiderable, but afterwards lefs; becaufe 
too great a Quantity of Water would rot the Seed, 
and fo totally deftroy it. 
CXXXV. After 15 or 20 days, take off this 
thin ftrewed Straw. It may be the Seed may be- 
gin to fprout in that fpace of time, or fooner : 
but if they Ihoot not for 5 or 6 Weeks time, be 
not concern’d , for they may yet grow well 
enough. 
CXXXVI. The French Gardiners fay, that if 
the Seed be well Sown, and great care be taken 
in Cultivating it, that you will not fail of Flow- 
ers in Marcbjkt flowing^ or in April at fartheft -, 
becaufe irTfune, when the Stalks begin to wither, 
and their Roots are dilplanted, the Bed where 
they are is to be digg’d thro’ three Inches deep, 
and the Earth as foon as it is calf up, to be laid 
upon a Linnen Cloth or Canvafs, till fuch time 
as the hole be dug, which is then to be crumbled, 
and fifted, or fearc’d on a hollow Bed, till fuch 
time as there remains above Ground only the 
Fangs of thefe young Anemones, which are then 
called Peas, becaufe they refemble that Pulfe in 
form and magnitude. 
CXXXVII. Parkinfon fays, the Seed being thus 
ordered, that the Plants will bear Flowers the fe- 
cond Year after Sowing -, and moft or all of them 
the third Year, if the place where you Sow them 
be not annoy’d with Smoak of Breweis, Dyers, 
Malt Kilns, or other inconveniencies, which if 
they be, they will never thrive well. 
CXXX VIII. Mr. Rea in his Flora , , page. 128. 
fays, that fome report that they have had Anemo- 
nes bear Flowers the next Year, and others, the 
fecond Year after Sowing.' But I (fays he) can 
expeff few or none that, are good before the 
third Year , and many will not bear until the 
fourth Year. But the agreeablenefs and goodnefs 
of the Earth and Air, for bringing them forwards 
is moft confiderable ^ therefore you ought to be ’ 
fure to make it as rich (for the kind) and as good 
as you can, taking heed of not putting or mixing 
with the Mould too much Dung. 
CXXXIX. Thefe Peafe aforenamed, at Sell 
136. above, being gathered, are to be carried and 
kept in a dry place, as carefully as poflibly may 
be till September next, when (new Beds being 
1 made for Planting Anemony Roots J they are to 
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