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foften ; a little light earth fhould then be 
lifted upon it, through a fine fieve, but • 
not fufficient to cover it; this fhould be 
repeated once or twice a week, till the 
greater part of the feed difappears: it is 
proper to remark in this place, that fuch 
feeds as happen to be covered deeper 
than the thicknefs of a half-crown piece, 
will never vegetate, and mull, of courfe, 
inevitably perifh. Miller, in his Gar¬ 
dener’s Di&ionary, recommends that 
Ranunculus feed be fown about one 
quarter of an inch deep ; if his praflice, 
agreed with his theory in this inftance, 
it may be fafely afferted that he never 
raifed a Ranunculus from feed in his life* 
It is neceffary to keep the feed mode¬ 
rately moift, by gentle waterings with 
foft water, that has been expofed to the 
fun till it is a little warmed; the rofe of 
the watering pot fhould be hemifpherical, 
and 
