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they are better grown, they may ftand about halfa fo<5t a fun¬ 
der or thereabout, where they may grow until you fee what 
varieties you (hall have,and then you may take them up with 
fome earth with them, and plant them where you would 
have them flower, not forgetting to water them at their firft 
planting 3 the feafbn to fow them, is any time from the latter 
end of February to Midfummer , or a little later 3 they are 
pTetty hardy, but being fown pretty timely in the Spring, 
they will be large rooted againft the time of flowring, and 
accordingly will yield more flowers, or more branches, or 
flips to increafe by laying, which is the only fere way to in- 
creafe from feeding, efpecially fometimes they will flower 
the fame Summer or Autumn , if fown very timely. 
Thefe forts of flowers are like wife increafed both by flip¬ 
ping, and by laying, but laying is abundantly thefereft way. 
But firft,I will fpeakof thefetting of their flips. And firft you 
are to prepare a bed,which ought to be of very fine and rich 
mould, and fo fituated,or at leaft fech provifion made, that 
the Sun come not at them until they are rooted, other- 
wife one halfdays Sun may fpoil your labours, and fruftrate 
your expectation , efpecially if fet any thing forward 
whilft the Sun hath any confiderable ftrength 3 the manner 
of flipping is as followeth, make choice of fech flips as are 
pretty ftrong, not fech as are ftnall, weak, under-flips, 
if you may have better 3 neither fech as have divers ftnall 
flips on them, but yet even fech being fet very timely in the 
Spring, do often thrive well enough, as I laid3 let your flips 
be one entire branch, and not fpindled, the which you are 
to cut off clofe to the body or arm of the old root if fhort, 
otherwife you may leave two or three Joynts, the which 
may fpring out again, then take your flip and trim off fome 
of the lower leaves, not leaving your flip with too great or 
bulled top, and then top the other leaves even, and then cut 
your flip even at the bottom of a Joynt 3 and if it be pretty 
ftrong, you may flit it up to the next Joynt or higher, if the 
Toynts be thick or near together :and then if you will throw 
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