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To this Account oi }Ax.. Fair child' ^ \ fliall fubjoin two Others from 
Monfieur Liger and Mr. Bradley. 
. This NarciJfuSy fays Liger, like all the reft is multiplied by Bulbs,' 
and is cultivated with more fuccefs in Pots, than in the naked Earth, 
bccaufe, if it be in Pots, it is eafy to give it as much Sun, as it re- 
quires to produce its Flowers. Thefc Pots fliould be filled with 
very light Earth i that is to fay, two thirds of Mould, taken from 
a hot Bed, and the other third of Kitchen Garden Earth, well fifted. 
Having made this compoft of Earth, and filled the Pots, we plant 
there in the bulbs of this NarciJJuSy two or three Inches deep, nor 
do we pull them up to take off the Suckers, till the fecond or third 
Year after, and always in the Month of March ; having all along 
taken care, to keep the Pots in a Place where the Froft never enters, 
and that is not damp. We leave thefe Bulbs without watering 
them, from the Day they are planted, till the Month of May, 
taking care to keep them always in the warmeft Place we can. 
When that Month is come we give them a plentiful wetting, by 
dipping the Pots into Water, and leaving it there, till the Water 
fwims on the furface of the Earth that fills the Pot : After which 
we fet it in the hotteft Sun we can. After this firft wetting, wc 
are careful to water them as much as the Heats will permit, 
this wc may not ncgled to do, except the Weather be very Rainy. 
This Plant requires a warm Place, and delights to be where the 
Sun naturally darts down his fierceft Rays, for which Reafon, except 
we are exad in ordering it according to the Method above pirefented, 
it will fcarce ever give us a Flower worth the having. 
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Thus we govern the Narcijfus of Japan till the Month of OEio- 
her, to oblige it to produce many Suckers, and beautiful Flowers 
in its Seafon. The following Year we do not, -®* I haye laid already, 
take up the chief Bulb, but only change the Earth, that lies over 
it, for other of the like Nature,, and leave it thus till May without 
watering it. The third Year we pull up the Bulbs to take away 
the Suckers, that arc grown about them. 
Thus far Mr. Liger. Mr. Bradley tells us, that the Soil proper 
for this Plant, is two third Parts Sea Sand to one of natural Soil, 
or a light fandy Earth mixed with an equal^quantity of Rubbifh. 
It will bear the Hardfhips of our Winters, if it be plained in either 
of the foregoing Soils, under a warm Wall, but chiefly if it be kept 
dry. 
The Flower Stems of this Plant arc commonly about a Foot high, 
the Off-fets will blow in about three or four Years after they arc 
taken from ^hc old Root. 
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