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them into a pail of water for an hour or two, and then you 
may let them, having firft put a little earth or clay to keep 
the flip open} but if your flip be weak, you may forbear 
flitting it, and then let them pretty near together, but not 
very deep,to {mother the fprout blade,and then water them 
well, keeping them moift, not differing the Sun to come 
at them until they be rooted } and then,but by little and lit¬ 
tle, yet giving them air as much as may be without Sun } 
and when they are pretty well rooted, you may gently 
raife them or cut them out with a little Mould, abiding to 
each root, and then plant them where you would have them 
grow, not forgetting to water them at their firft planting 
at leaft : Take notice, that but few of thole flowers com¬ 
monly railed of feed are apt to grow of Slips in compan¬ 
ion of thole forts of old flowers call’d Cloves, Carnations, 
Dovers, and fome others5 and therefore it will be your beft 
way to propagate them and all other forts of choice Gilly¬ 
flowers, by laying } the order and manner whereof follow- 
eth, only take notice, that the Seafonfor fetting Slips,is any 
time from March until Bartholomew-tide, if your roots will 
afford fuch flips I fpeak of 3 but the chief Sealbn is Jme^ 
July, and Attguft. Now the end of laying, is that your flips 
may take root before you cut them off from their Mother- 
plant, the. manner is thus: Take the branch or flip you delire 
to increafe or lay, and with a (harp Pen-knife cut off fome 
of the under-leaves, at leaft lb many as are any way trouble- 
fom as to the performance of your work, then make choice 
of that Joynt that is rnoft convenient either to lay down into 
the ground, or in a lay-pot, &c, and then with your knife 
beginning a little below the Joynt or the under-fide of it, 
cut it upward with a flit to the next Joynt above, or more 
if the Joynts be very near together } alio if your Layer be 
ftiff and not pliable, it will be beft to flit it tire more, flit it 
in the middle, yet lb as your Layer may have convenientlub- 
ftance 3 as likewife that part that is to feed it 3 then cut that 
end of your Layer where you begin to flit it, juft at the bot¬ 
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