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Show CA lly Straw, or Peafe-haulm, w hich will effetua . preferve your Plants in the utmoft Vigour In the Middle of February, if the Seafon is good, you muft tranfplant thefe Layers into Pots for their Bloom (which fhould be about ; feven Inches over at the Top in the Clear ) in the doing of which, obferve to put fome Pot- fherds or Oyfter-{hells over the Holes in Bottoms of the Pots to keep the Earth ftopping them, which would detain the n the Pots to the great Prejudice of the Flowers ; then fill thefe Pots about half wAe with the fame good Compoft as wa bel to admit the Sun and Rain under them to the open to the Sout! the Weft Winds, t d from Flowers, nor fo Jow as to {fcorch their Leaves near with the Heat. At this time alfo, or a few Days after, as you fhall judge neceffary, you fhould cut fome ftiff Paper, Cards, or fome i Thing, into Collars about four Inche 30 Trees, Walls, nor Builc iz. the Middle of -e be provi about four ddle of it about Three Fourths of an ch Diameter for the Bottom of the Flower to be let through ; then place thefe Collars about them to fupport the Petals of the Flowerfromhar + down: This Collar fhould be plac’d withinfide the Calyx of the Floy be thicker toward the Bottom, taperat the Top: carefully ftuck into the to the Plant without in piece of Bais-r : 2and ffthou Id be fupported thereby: Then obve from Day to Day what Pr ere{fs your and i Side comes out other, youfhould turn the Pot t jhe otherae Middle nor eachPot, fo that it may ftand as to Height, i. e. not fo low vent their.being { Beca, or forc'd out too foon ; and osthe middle ‘od meegins to rife k out the thereof take Pot ; then fill the Pc before-mention’d, clofifi w ith yourI Ys tl ie Weat y the Pots upon, as to have little ich a {wers the ral {t ne ndd moft e2xHenh penfive> one fi Inches ¢ fe two and two oe ite to it about two Foot Diftance ; € 3 a Fiowerover at yt, til h of your sthways upon in the tually three Rows of re orden fet flat Pans ing decreafes fh it, which will effec- Flowers againft Infeéts, ing out and expanding id be cut exactly tothe Size of the hat it may fuppyort the Petals to \ , but not to be feen wider than the Flower in any Part: When this ou muft draw out the off all the lo I hall there!fo he lowermoft or moft unlikely to fj : blown, if you cut them off, d put on a freth Collar of ftiff Paper, owers (which are undlerftood in which Cafe you fhould pull out fome e time: And when your ing to your Flowers in caufe the whole But fince the r fomewhat e3 Want of Room [ Cifterns of Waterr ie each Pot, to prevent # manner of { with the Carnati to avoid Repetit China Pink, th their lo a Place Purpofe ; of it: And youfhouldalfo you muft cover them with made for that Purpofe, n : aire ailcds r there are more Leavesin the Flower t properly be expanded for in afew Day suit Fee tings plantedin 7 Method new Va fhonl not beaun too foon, left the part of the Flower fhould advaance too » which will greatly di- then place tihefer rethey maybedef ( te rvil ig. to givethe be Old M20 5eet others. * amongft us t hath no § ofthe Dap y Leaves of the Plant with I that the Shank maybe above th tc make as elegant of Flowerin ford as agreeable a thefe are, over, and exaétly round, cutting a Hole in Fee and fhake the Plants out oft directed, Pots with all the Earth about the R oots with your Hands, take off { round the Outfide of the Ball, and ft Surface, placing one good Plant exactly repareasStage of Boards h fhould be fo or muchlefs Care, an ing full as wel } T fhould be in the IMi ens) yet by remov ea Slip of I oe quite roun nd, { ig ngles with the idle, and ipSeal openat the] eleven Inche When your Flowers are open en cover with thefe Glaffes, you m Hole through your Flower-ftick Height of the under Part ofthe which you fhould put a Piece to contain then cut off all the uft the Stem of the Flower may ¢ 1 ft the Stick ; to whick Skill ot to let them fuffer for want you fhould fix convenient hout pret t by turning your Wire fo as not to < thro’ the Hole ; then make an dole thro’ the Stick 5 at a convenient V abovethe I lower, through whict a yoe put a Piece of Wire, an Incha which is to fupport the Gla down upon the Flower ferve that the Glaffes h fhould by no means be raw ; nor doI approve of Compoundch’d with various Sorts t and moft natural Water iver ; next to that is ling-water ; but if you ing-v ; ‘ ee and be eful to { ts the they are very fubject to degen Seeds Andthe Seedsof duce maany doub eeds ofthe fin rl¢ a a es ‘lov h fhould fine Flowers, on, particular C are weringS bout fix Inches long, making a Wire ‘ large Bed ofthefe Flowe themare exact fome are ex fhouldther. from fuch F bioslower the Teaber y be drawn d n, and fo pan upon them again, that y appear equally globular w Parts. In the doing of are fo curious as to renFlowert very o-iaome 3 and i China Pink. There are Colours in the as they are prod ed from fhould be r two Days befor feit wil give the Flowersthe oil them. ‘Thus having been are ofthis noble Flower, I hall it of the Pik, which differs rom that of the Ca a ina Pot : d fet under a Glai ying it Wateras o ten as yout all fee nec and in about a Month’s time your ntss will ¢ up» andbe of fome r re expofe them t ir, and ina fhort Time after Beds of good frefh Earth, C which you may prick out thefeI three Inches {quare, obferving to water ‘enti fhade them, as the Seafon mayrequire. In tho they may re Middle of e, at wh move and plant them in the s of Pleafure-Garden, being careful to preferve mnch Earth to their Roots as poflible ; and in a Month’s timeafter they will begin to flower, and continue until the Froft prevent them About the Middle or Latter-end of their Seeds will begin to ripen, at which time you fhould lookover themonce a Week, gathering off the Podsthat are cha ged brown, g5 and fpread them on Papers to dry, when you mayrub out the Seed, and put it up for Ufe patie Tho |