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hot feafon, let their fituation be fuch as not to be too much 
in the Sun 3 for the truth is, their natural feafon is the Spring, 
which is commonly pretty temperate, and therefore the 
more temperate, the more agreeable to their nature, and in 
fo doing you may enjoy the pleafure of their beauties the 
longer: Again, 
Set not your Eminy roots too deep, neither in wet nor 
ftrong cool ground, left theyfhould rot, efpecially the more 
tender or delicate forts, being let about an inch or two at 
the moft is fufficient in the moft temperate ground 3 do not 
water your more choice kinds until they begin to fpring, ex¬ 
cept in hot and dry weather,yet fome in cafe of late planting, 
in cafe their roots are very dry, do put them into water to 
plump, which in fuch a cafe cannot hurt them. 
Again ifyourEminies be of choice forts, truft not the Win¬ 
ter with them, but rather keep them until the beginning of 
March , except you plant them in Pots, <&c. then you may 
begin with them fooner by houfing your Pots until they have 
taken new root. 
Of thefc flowers call'd Fibres , or flringy rooted Plants. 
T Hefe forts of Plants do much differ in their ufage or Hus¬ 
bandry from the former, efpecially Tulips, &c. and 
are moft feafonably to be taken up to be parted, flipt, laid 
and planted in the Spring, and moft of them in their flower¬ 
ing with very little prejudice as to their well-being, and in¬ 
deed the moft of them may with a little care and diligence be 
removed and flipt from March until Bartholomew-tide , efpe¬ 
cially if you take notice of thofe dire&ions concerning the 
ordering of Small Herbs, in that part that treateth of the 
ordering of the Kitchin-Garden, only take notice, that 
thofe forts that run up very much and forward into fpin- 
clles for Flowers, would be dealt withal fomething the ear¬ 
lier, or after their chief Flowering is over, and be fore that 
what feafon foever you take, be careful to keep your flips 
or Plants pretty moift, until they have taken root at leaft 3 
