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Show Seeds, to gather none but from fuch Plowers as ave good Properties, and particularly from mee only as have manyFlowers upon aStalk, hat flower tall, and have beautiful Cups to sheit Flowers; fom fuch you may expectto have good Flowers produc’d : But if you fow ordinary Seed, it is only putting your felf to Trouble and Expence to no Purpofe ; fince from fuch Seeds there can be no Hopes of procuring any valuable Flowers. Having provided yyour felf with good Seeds, you melt procure either fome thallow Cafes or flat Pans made on purpofeforthe raifing of Seedlings, which fhould have Holesin theit Bottoms to let the Moifture pais off; thede muft be fill’d with frefh light fandy Earth about the Beginning of Augu/t, (this being the beft Seafon for {owing the Seeds of moft Bulbous-rooted Flowers) which muftbelevell’d very even; then fowthe Seeds thereon pretry thick, eens *em over with fine fifted light Earth about half an Inchthick, and place the Cafes or Pans in a Situation where they may have only the Morning Sun’till about Ten o'Clock, where they fhould remain until the Beginning. of O¢fover, when they muft be re- a fine Sieve, whereby the Roots will be ealily feparated from the Earth; then having pre pared a Bed or two of good freth lisght B arth, in proportion to the Quantity of your Root ’ you fhould plant em therein at about three Inches Diftance ev ery Way, and about three Inches deep in the Ground. Thefe Beds fhould be rais’d above the Level of the Ground, in proportion to the Moifture of the Soil, which, if dry, three Incheswil] be enough ; but if it be wet, they mutt be rais‘dfix or eight Inches high, andlaida little rounding to fhoot of the We If thefe Beds are madein Fu/y, which is the beft time to tranfplant the Roots, the Weeds will foon after appear very thick; therefore you fhould gently hoe the Surface of the Ground, to deft oy ‘em; being verycareful not to cut fo deep as to touch any ofthe Roots; and this fhould berepeatedas often as may be foundneceflary by the Growth ofthe Weeds, obferving always to do it in dry Weather, that they may be effectually deftroy’d: And toward the latter-end of Offober, after having intirely clear'd the 1s from Weeds, you fhould fift a little rich light Earth ov them about an Inch thick, the Goodnefs of moyed into a warmer Situation, placing “em upon Bricks, that the Air may freely pafs the Winter’s Rain, which will greatly encou- under the Cafes, rage their Shooting in the Spring. which will preferve them from being too moitt. They fhould alfo be exposto the full Sun, but fcreen’d from the cold North and Winds, where they may remain until he Beginning of April, by which time the Plants will. be up, you muft carefully clear ’em from ‘Weeds; and if the Seafon fhould prove dry, they muft be frequently waterd: The Cafes fhould alfo now be remov'd into their former fhady Pofition; for the Heat of the Noon-day Sun will be too great for the young Plants. The latter-end of June, when the Leaves of the Plants are decay’d, you fhould take off the upper Surface of the "Barth in the Cafes, Gwhich bythat time will have contracted a MoffinefS, and, if fuffer’d to remain, wiil greatly injure the young Roots), obferving not totake it fo deep as to touch ‘the Roots ; then fift fome frefh light Earth over the Surface about half an Inch thick, which will greatly flrengthen the Roots: The fame fhould alfo be repeated in Oéfober, when the Cafes are mov’d into the Sun. During the Summer-feafon, if the Weather fhould prove very wet, and the Earth in the Cafes appear very moift, you muft remove “em into the Sun *till the Earth be dry again ; for if the Roots receive much Wet during the time theyare unactive, it very often rots them ; therefore you mutt never give “em any W ater after their Leaves are decay *d, but only place *em in the Shade, (as was before dire@ted,) Thus you thould manage them the two firft Seafons, *till their Leaves are dec ay d the fecond Summer after fowing, when youfhould carefully take up the Roots ; which may be done by fifting the Earth in the Cafes with which will be wafh’d down to the Roots by ‘If the Cold fhould be very fevere in Winter, you fhould cover the Beds wit haulm, or fome fuchlight Covering, to eeeent the Froft from penetrating the Groundto the Roots, which might greatly injure them wh they are fo young, In the Spring, appear aboy Surface of t Managing the Roots afterw. rds, foas to caule *em to produce large fair Flowers All the Sorts of Narciffzs which produce many Flowers upon a Stalk, fhould have a defended from Winds, otherwife thefe ae 5. The Morning Sun rifing upon them will dry off the Moifture which had lodged upon them Night, and canfe ’em to expand y are coanted in a thady expos d 5 hep »will 6 hutry’*d 5 htethe ftrong from the Weft and 4 i they will be expos'd to the Fury of them, whichfreqquently is very injurious to the: Butyoufhould not plant them under a W r any otherclofé Fence; for t will re the Heat too greatly upon the Flowers, and alfo draw them up with weak io that they will not flowerfo ftrong, ntinue fo long in Beauty. i made choice of a proper Situation, y to plant themin; or if the natural the Place be very ftrongg, or poor, it ; be proper to make the Border of new rth, removing the oe Soil away about Weeds, €€c. in doing of which, y verycareful not to injure the Plants : the Seafon fhould provedry, youu fhould n } Whentheir Leaves are decay'd, you fhould clear the Beds from Weeds, Ant fift a dine Earth over ’em, (as was before d which muft alfo be repeated in Of ed); like manner ; and fo every Year continu ‘d the Roots flower, when you fhould m ark fuch as promife “well, which fhould be ie up as foon as their Leaves decay, and planted at a greater Diftance in new-prepaared Beds: But thofe which do not flower, or thofe you deep. The beft eanh for thefe rs is a frefh light hazle Loam, mix’d up ith a Jittle very rotten Due, or Tan; this fhould be well mix’d together, and often turn’d over, in order to fweeten it: ‘Then having remov’d away the old Earth at Jeaft a Foot deep, you fhould put a Laying ofrotten Dung or Tanin the Bottom about two Inches ick, upon which you muft lay fome of prepared Earth about four Inches thick, King it exactly level ; then having mark °d out by Line the exact Diftances which the Ro anted Cwhich fhould not be ve Inches {quare) you muft do not greatly efteem, fhould placethe Roots accordingly, obferving to fet remain in the fame Bed them 1 aprght ; then you male cover them over re-mention’d Earth about fix ; theref up thofe Roots which you mark’d, be careful not to difturb the Roots of cho left, and alfo to level the E aga Ba fift Tome frefh Earth over fore), to encourage the I happens, in the Seedlings « that ac their firft time of j Flowers do feldom appear half fo they do the fecond or third Ne Reafon none of them fh until they have flowerd times, that fo you maybe Worth, i wet or dry, Earth, and order the Beds; for if the Soil be very ftrong, and the Situation moift, you fhould then make choice of a light Bar th, and raife the Beds fix or eight Inches ab ove the Level of the Ground, otherwife the Roots will be in danger ofpe rifhing by too mtuch Net: But if the Situation be dry, they'll be fubjec&t to be brought down whenin Soil naturally light, you fhould then ¢allow Flower; for notwithftanding their Stalks are Earth to bealittle ftronger: And the generally pretty ftrong, yet the Number of fhould not berais’d abovethree Inches } Flowers upon each, renders their Heads for if they are madetoo | tigh, the Roots bty, e{pecially after Rain, which lodges fuffer ve ry much, if the Sp ft in the Flowers, and, if facceeded by trong dry, nor would the Flowers Winds, very often defftroys their Beauty, if Toward the Middle of Offober, if th re expos’d thereto; fo that a Border have grown upon the Beds, you fhould ina under a Hedge, whichis open to the South- dry Day, gently hoe the ‘Surface of the Eaft, is preferable to any other Pofition for Ground, to de ftroy them, obfervin re the Earth and-then gently refrefh °em with Water, which will ftrengthen the Roots. d, whether theSituation be accordingto which you fhould aapt the frcth ful, in doing of C Whenthis is e of the Border » and make up the Side ftrait, which will for planting thefe Roots is they are zen too long out and, it will caufe their Flowers to very weak. You fhould alfo obferve the Nature of the where they are planted, over fmooth again: After whiich, theywill require no farther Caretill the Spring, whentheir Leaves will appear above-grot Time youfhould gentlyftir the Earth, with a imall Trowel, be ful not to injure the Le rake it fmooth wit all Weeds, €c. sok if fiaffer’d to remain a that Se:fon, will foon grow fo faft, as to veryunfightly, and will exhauft the Noutithment from the Earth. With this Manace- ment thefe Roots will flower very ftrong, fome of which will appear in Mfzrcb, and the others in April; which, if fuffer’d to remain, will continue in Beautya full Month, and are at that Seafon very great Ornaments to a Flower-Garden. After the Flowers are paft, and the Leaves decay’d, you fhouldftir the Surface Ground, to prevent the Weedsfrom ¢ and if at the fame time you lay a. rotten Dungover the Surfaceof the Rain will wahh down the Salts the will gree Year Juriing the Summer-feafon theywill require no farther Care, but to keep them ¢ Weeds ’till O¢fober, when the Surface of the Beds fhould be again ftirr’d, Weeds, &c. and laying fomegood frefh Earth over the Beds about an Inch deep, which will you muft manage as was the preceding Year. Thefe Roots fhould not be tranfplanted oftener than every third Year; becaufe the firft Year after removing they never fower fo {trong as they dothe fecond and third; nor the Roots increafe fo faft when they are n tranfplanted ; but if you let themremain er than three Years unremov’d, the Numwill be or them to produce very weak Flowers ; therefore, at the time of tranfplanting them, all the {mall Off-fets fhould be taken off, and planted in t a Nurfery bed| y ves, but Bulbs may be planted 4 ain for If you plant them 2 eae ennarinieeeemean S See Thus having laid Sowing and Managing thefe Roots, until they are ftrong enough to flower; I fhall proceed to give fome Inftructions for Planting and —= You muft be very careful, in a your = NA |