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Show CA CA CA anyof the other Kinds. To enumerate the prepare fome Pots, or Boxes (according to Varieties of the chief Flowers in any one of the Quantity of Seed you have to fow); thefe Claffes, would be needlefs, fince every thefe fhould be fill'd with freth light Earth, County produces new Flowers almoft every mix’d with very rotten Neats Dung, which Year ; fo that thofe Flowers which at their fhould be well incorporated together; then firft raifing were greatly valu’d, are in two or three Years become fo common, as to be of fow your Seeds thereon, (but not too thick) are fo liable to Mutability, either from the eleven of the Clock, obferving alfo to refrefa covering it about a Quarter of an Inch with little Worth, efpecially if they are defective in the fame light Earth, placing the Pots or Cafes any one Property. Therefore (where Flowers fo as to receive the Morning-Sun only, till Fancy of the Owner, or that better Kinds are yearly produced from Seeds, which, with good the Earth with Waterfo oftenas it may need it: In about a Month’s Time your Plants will come up, and, if kept clear from Weeds, Flowers whichare turn’d out of the Garden, and duly water’d, will befit to be tranfj to make Room for them) it would be but fu- ed in the Beginning of Sune; at which Time perfluous in this Place to give a Lift of their you fhould prepare fome Beds (of the fame ‘Names, which are generally borrow’d either Sort of Earth as was dire&ed to fowthem in) from the Names and Titles of Noblemen, or in an open airySituation, in which youfhould Florifts, always take Place of older or worfe from the Perfon’s Name, or Place of Abode, plant them at about three Inches fquare, ob- who rais’d it; I fhall only beg Leave to men- ferving to water and fhade them, as the Sea~ tion two or three old-delcrib’d Sorts, by way fon may require, being careful alfo to keep of Introduion, and fhall then proceed. them clear from Weeds: In thefe Beds they 1. Caryopuyiius; altilis, major, C. B. The Clove-gilliflower. 2, CARYOPHYLLUS $5 maximn may remain until the Beginning of Augujt, The Large Baftard Clove-gilliflower. fome more Beds of the like good Earth, (in 3. CARYOPHYLLUS 3 ma) s, alter, lato, porri folin H. R. Par. The Broad-leav’d Carnation or Gilliflower. The firft of thefe Sorts is the true Clove» which hath been for a long time fo by which Time they will have grownfolarge as almoft to meet each other; then prepare Quantity proportionable to the Flowers you have rais’d) in which you fhould plant them at fix Inches Diftance each Way, and not above four Rows in each Bed, for the more convenientlylaying fuch of them as mayprove much in Ufe for making a Cordial Syrup, Ore. worthy preferving ; for in thefe Beds they of which there are two or three Varieties fhould remain to flower. commonly brought to the Markets, which The Allies between thefe Beds fhould be di atly in their Goodnefs; fome of them two Feet wide, that you may pafs between y little Scent, when compar'd with the Beds to weedandclean them. Whenyout t: The large Kind hath been Flowers begin to blow, you muft look over plentier fome Years fince than at pre- them to fee if any of them profer to make This ufed to burft the Pods, and their good Flowers ; which fo foon as youdifcovers hang loping about in fuch a manner, you fhould lay downall the Layers upon he People did not care to buy them in them: Thofe whichare well mark’d,and blow et, which was the Reafonit hath not ated fo muchoflate. The third » to be found in fuch fmall Gardens as raile great Quantities of thefe Flowers fromSeed to fupply the Markets in the Spring of the Yea This being a very hardy Kind, and their Leaves being fo broad, andthe > vigorous, that the People who are unacquainted with thefe Flowers, e choice of thefe as the moft promifing rhereas they feldom have more than whole withont breaking their Pods, fhouldbe referv'd to plant in Borders, to furnifh you with Seed; and thofe which burft their Buds, nd feemto have goodProperties, fhould be planted in Pots, to try what their Flowerswil! be, when manag’d according to Art: Andit » which are very fine and large, he Florifts. are propagatedeither from Seeds, (by which new Flowers are obtain’d) t from Layers, for the C e of thofe rt ar thy maintaining: But I > thod of propagat~ h is thus: t a ng, or I to the other Joint, or more according to their Diftance, then with your Knife cut the Tops of the Leaves, and alfo cut off the {welling part of the Joint where the Slit is m it otherwife prevent their pu out Roots) and having loofened the E round the Plant, and, if need be, rais’ with frefh Mould, fo that it maybe level the Shoot intended to lay, left by down the Shoot you {plit it ‘off; tt arth, juft where the Shoot isto come, and with your Thumb and Finger bend the Shoot gently the Earth, obferving to keep the Top as ble, that the Slir may be open ; and provided with forkedSticks for that Purfe, thruft it into the Ground, fo that the -part may take hold of the Layer, in whichis in Proportion to the Goodnefsof its Properties: Which, that you may be well fhould be long, broad, y toexpand, or (as the 10uld be fi 3. The not advance d ftiff, and pretty Florifts term ‘em) Flower fhould too high above the other Part of the Blower, i fhould be brigh r the Flowe id be 1 fome good Seeds, either you can confide in 5 in the Having made choice of fuch of your Months before it is ufed, turning it feveral Flowers as promife well for the large Sort; times, the better to incorporate their Parts. thefe you fhould mark feparately for Pots, Obferve, That altho’ I have mention’d this and the round whole blowing Flowers for Mixture as the beft for thefe Flowers, yet you Borders ; youfhouldpull up all fingle Flowers, muft not expect to blow your Flowers every or fuch as are ill-colour’d and not worth pre- Year equally large, in the fame Compofition: ferving, that your good Flowers may have Therefore, fome People who are extremely the more Air and Roomto growftrong ; thefe fond of having their Flowers fucceed well, being laid, fo foon as they have taken Root, alter their Compofitions every Year, in this Qwhich will be fome time in Auguf?) they thou manner ; wz. one Year they mix the frefh be taken off, and planted out, thofe that Earth with Neats-dung, which is cold; the blowlarge in Pots, and the other in Borders, next Year with rotten Horfe-dung, which is (as hath been alreadydireéted.) But I ‘hall of a warmer Nature, adding thereto fome nowproceed to give fome Directions for pro- white Sea-fand, to make the Earth i hefe Flowers by Layers, and the But for mypart, I fhould rather ady Care to be taken, in order to tblow planting two or three Layers of each of your beft Kinds ina Bed of frefh Earth not overThe beft Seafon dang’d ; which Plants fhould only be fuffer’d isin Fune, as foon as the Shoots are ftr to fhew their Flowers, to prove them enoughfor that Purp which is perform’d in their kind ; and when you are fa in the following } ; er having ftri that Particular, cut off the Flower Stems, off the Lea from the lower-part oftl don’t fuffer them to fpend the Roots in blowShoot intended to lay, make choice of a flron ing ; by which means you'll greatly ftrengthen Joint about the ile part of the Shoot, your Layers. And it is from thefe Beds I (not too near the Heart of the Shoot, nor in would make choice of fome of the beft Plants the hard part next the old Plant) then with for the next Year’s blowing, always obfery your Penknife make a Slit in the middle of to have a Succeffion ofthem yearly ; by which the Shoot from the Joint upwards half way means you may blow every Year fine, fu is not till the fecond Year that you can pronounce what the Value of a Flowerwill be; acquainted with what the Florifts call good e Leaves in a Flower, andthofe are Properties, I fhall here fet them down. and ill-colour’d: The firft of 1. The Stem of the Flower fhould be . the Clove-G r, is worthy of ftrong, and able to fupport the Weight of in every good Garden; but of Jate the Flower withont hat ng down. ¢ been fo many newKinds produc’d 2. The Petals (or Leaves) of the Flowet of the old Sorts have been exclud- CA m a Friend that tle the Earth about it, obfery- fame as often as is necefi: their rooting. In al after this the L ak ot fuf planted ; which time you fhould be provided rth for them, which may be following manner. ome good Up-land Pafture, that is of a hazel Earth, or light from the Surface of this ight Inches deep, taking Jet this be laid ir mellow, turning it onc nay {weeten ; then mi rotten N i rotten Dungfro lis be well mix’dtoge- inning of Af Having t it time enough bei¢ mix fix or eigt poling the Seafon favourable: For it is not realonable to fuppofe that the Layers taken from fuch Roots as have been exhaufted in producing large Flowers, and have been forc’d by Art beyond their natural Strength, fhould be able to produce Flowe ually as large as their Mother-Root did the Year before, or as fuch Layers as are frefh from a poorer Soil, and in greater Health, can do. But this being premis'd, let us proceed to thepotting of thee Layers, which (as I faid before) fhould be done in Auguf. The common Method ufed by moft Florifts, is, to plant their Layers, at this Seafon, two in each Pot, (the Size of which Pots are about nine Inches over in the Clear at the T ) in thefe Pots they are to remain for Bloom; and therefore, in the Spring of the Y 5 they off as much ofthe Barth fromthe Surface the Pots as they can, without ditt ig their Roots, filling the Pots up again with the fame good frefh Earth as the Pots were before fill’d with. But there is fome D Uty in ‘tering a great Quantityofthefe Flowers in whentheyare planted in fuch large Pots, which in moft Winters they will require, moreor lefs ; My Methodtherefore is, to put themfingly into Halfpenny Pots i tum, andin the Middle of Offob et thefe Pots Bark which has loft and cover them with a common uch as is ufed for raifing Cucumbers felons) ; and in one of thefe Frames, ghts, may be fer an ed and fifty of thefe Pots: In thefe Frames you may give them as much free Air leafe, by taking off the Lights every , when the Weatheris mild, and putting them on in bad Weather, and great Rains : And ifthe Winter fhould prove fevere, it is but only covering 1 the Glaffes with Mats, Straw, |