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Show H Y H Y I fhall now proceed to the Culture of as have either been obtain’d fuch Hyaci f our own Product ot a fiom Holland, from Seed I are very vutiful, and worthyto be preferv’d in Collections of good | want of Skill ioble I ers, mott This Soil fhould be laid ten Inches deep on the Beds which are defign’d for your Hyacinths; d you may lay 1 little rotten Cow Dungor Tanners Bark at the Bottom, which may be within reach of the Fibres: but it fhould by If the Soil be no means touch the Bulb. very wet where thefe Beds are made, you fhould raife them feven or eight Inches abovethe Sur. where- face 5 butifit bedry, they need not berais’d above three Inches. 1 aive which iisa great Miftake5 1 by the fame Art and, I fully conyine’d full as well in England as or elfewhere, as I have experienc’d : for, from about an hundred Roots which I havereceiv’d from Hol two or three diff them to aalmott de Roots, all wh 1730, ftronger than ceiv’d them ; and and produc’d ; Stems, ase j ame Sorts ever AndbyLetters wl nic : I have ‘very worthy ingenio us Frie The manner of Preparing the Beds, is as the former old Earth follows: Firft, take all out of the Bed to the Depth you intend, then or Tan in the ing {fpread a little rotten Bottom, laying it very level uponthis you fhould lay the Inches thick, above-mention’d Earth five levelling it very even 3 then Diftances for the Roots, which {core out eight Inches fquare, in ftrait Rows fhould be ch Way 3 after which, place your Roots Squares, obferving to fet the exactly in t ; then cover theRoots Pon a downward e Inches deep with the fameprepar’d Earth ; eine vey careful, in doing of this, not to difthem: And if the Tops of thefe , lace Beds are made alittle rounding, to fhoot off the Wet, it will be of Service, providedthey a Fault the are not madetoo high, whicl ‘<a id oie ee RCEaT in the s, as to equa in the Numbera and he has rais’d great from Seed of his own faving, frc mong I ‘this Y! a moft extrafine one, which he calls the Royal the Height of its Stem was Sy upon W hich we y-three > idal Order ad double, of on the Upperl_ower-part ery ace =p Viole other way. The beft Seafon for planting thefe Roots, is towards the Middle or Latter-end of September, according to the Earlinefs or Latenefs of the Seafon or the Weather which then happens : But I would advife yon never to plant ’em when the Groundis extreme dry, efs there be a Profpect of fome Rain foon after ; for if the Weather fhould continue dry for a confiderable Time after, the Roots would receive a Mouldinefs, which will certainly deftroy them. Thefe Beds will require no farther Care unitl the Froft comes on fevere, at which Time they fhould have fome Peas-haulm, or fuchlike Covering, T me or : better, provided you havetime to let it rot ; to this you fhould add af ar’ Sea Sand, and the other fourth par Tanners Bark, or Cow Dung, ei he r of which will do provide A they are well rotted: Mix thefe well r, and caft it into an Heap, where it main until you u fe it, obf which will 4 lying hollow, will admit the Ground, and e € fucceed which h is of a far rt id not fe taken aboveei deep at moft ; and if : Green-fward with it, it wi laid over them, keep out the Froft betterr than Mats5 and equal to, if rave feen in Holland. ving to turn it over once in three Weeks or Month. If this Compoft be made two orthree Years be€ it be us’d, it will be much the | tter: bu i are oblig’d to ufe » then it thould be oftener turn’d, thvat the Parts may the better unit é remain ‘dry, and prevent Roots from rotting, which has ofte en’d when the Beds have been too ee cover’d. But you mutt obferve to take off this Covering whenever the Weather is “mil 1, and only let it continue on in very hard Erotts 5 for a fimall Froft cannot injuretie Roots before the green Leaves appear above before the Be;ginni 1g time the Beds muft b for oneof their gr recular Difpofition ¢ “When the Stems ies confifts in the Sells. the Flowers are ad- before the Flowers place a fhort Stick act t which with a Wire formOdiinto a Hloop, che Stem of the Flowers fhould be faften’d, to fupport.them from fall ing, otherwife when the Bells are fully expanded, their Weight will incline the mto the Ground, efpecially if they are permitted to receive aS in. During their Seafon of Flowering, they hould be cover’din the Fleat of the Day from the Sun, alfo from all heavy Rains; but they fhould bep rmitted to receive all gentle Showers, aseal the Morining ead Evening Sun ; but if they muft be conftantly With this Management may continue@ your Hyacinths in Beauty, at aft one whole Month, and fometimes more, according to their Strength, or the Favourable- of the Seafon, ir Flowers are quite decay’d, and their Leaves begin to changetheir Colour, you muft carefully raife the Roots out of the Ground with a narrow Spade, or fome other handy Inftrument, and then raife the Earth of —Beds into a sh, fharp Ridge, laying th ts into it in an horvon 2 sees with r Leaves hanging out, 2 Part of the Moifture cculent Stalks and which if it were perbck to the Roots, would caufe Theatto rot and decay after they are taken up, which has bee nn thegeneral Detec& of moft of the Hj is the Roots thould remain ire intirely dried up, haps, maybe in three Weeks time, n you muit take them out of the Ground, and wipechem clean with a foft woollen Cloth, taking offall the decay1y’d Parts of the Leaves putti them into open Boxes finely, and be expos’d to utthey muft be preferv’d carefully nor fhould they be fuffer’d to Sun mayfhine upon them: he iemay be preferv’d out of tember, which is the site them again, at which you mutt feparate all the ft rong flowerplanting them in Beds by themfelves, er they may ma ! ance in their Flowers 3 but the ~fets and nted in another wv! that they may be cover’d ei Canvas, or fomeothe: vent the Froft from h arife above-ground: but the be conftantly. taken off every | 18 Day when Weatheris mild, otherwife the Flower will be drawn up to a great Heigh come very weak, and the Pedicles Or Flowers will be long and flender, and 10 ic - ’d incapable of fupporting the Beae which is a great Difadvantage tothe Flowe S, where 1, as was di> until the ime their Coveras and Ww they fuf-[: though he F‘lowers, yet is abfolute Seeding ; you mu with Ing after, fo the , Seeds, is to plant n that Purpofe The common Exel; are very fingle Bl increaf Roots, pagate tl common, are B orders of the inter with they ndeto ceffion of FI the Mcpee Sun, ar as this feldom lofes it fo it cannot be kept the beft Seafon for tr: aniplant ing is in duguft Offers f ftrong Roots the {mall Re until thefe, being| already mention’c fhall forbear oe fhall addin which is now of Exotic from the tive of a the Beautyof its wers, wel defervesa Plac ina Green-houte;; Hya ceruleo umbel: j Hyacinth, w tu Root and blue Flowers, growingin I | The Roots of this Plant fhould be put in Pots, filled with the fame Earth as was direéted for the other Hyacinths; thefe Pots, during the Summer-feafon, may be expofed to the: open Air with other Green-houfe Plants, andin Winter muft be houfed with them ; the Time for tranfplanting the Roots, is toward the End of March, before the ereen Leaves are produc’d too far, ich it i not fo fae to removetBssinty that their en Leaves mutt be eae ntly Leaves begin to dec |