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Show en nn ane en 2 U TU but are chiefly valu’d for appearing fo early in the Spring ; fome of which will flower the Beginning of F ry, if planted near a Wall, Pale, Hedge, or other Shelter ; and the others do fucceed them, fo that they keep flowering until the general Seafon for thefe Flowers is come, which is towards the End of April. As thefe Early Blowing Tulips are but few, fo I fhall infert the Names of the principal of them ; which are as follow: Winter Duke. 2. General Duke. 3. General Br Vice Roy. BHBHHNNHKBDNS DH ‘ OTAXnNRwW PD 1. Duke Van Toil, oF ifante. Paragon Grebberi. 2 Er. 33. r2, nfuch. F3. 14 Ty. go 16. Admiral Encufen. 27. 18. 19. 20. Morillion. Nobleft. Early Perfeéd. Superintendant 0yant. Bruyd Renard. Palamedes. out. 10 Sily 37. | prove very fevere, it will be of great Service to cover them with Mats; for want of which many times they are blighted, and theip Flowers decay before they blow, which is often injurious to their Roots, as is alfo the cropping of the Flowers fo foonas they are blown becaufe their Roots, which are form’d new every Year, are not at that time arriy’d to 4 Pretty Betty. Galatea, 5. Dutchefs of Brancion. 6 Lac Verine. as y ‘wolet Ratgans. 8. t ‘tolet Remow or Pourpre Life. e Van Delft. 9. Palto Van Leyden. 31. Son Xo. Whenthefé Tulips come up in the Spring the Earth upon the Surface of the Borders fhould be gentlyftirr’d andclear’d from Weeds. and as the Buds appear, if the Seafon fhould ot. 2 Voorbeim. . Roy PEfpagne. . Mertopolit. . Kor ~kroow. Thefe are the Names which have been iri- posd on thefe Flowers by the Florifts of the feveral Countries where they were raisd, and by which the Roots may be obtain’d from Flanders and Holland, where the Florifts are very exact in keeping up their Lifts of thefe their full Magnitude, and are herebydepriy'd of their proper Nourifhment. If when thefe Flowers are blown, the Sea fon fhould prove very warm, it will be proper to fhade them with Mats, €c. in the Heat of the Day ; asalfo if the Nightsare frofty, they fhould be in like manner cov ered, whereby they may be preferved a long time in Beauty ; but whentheir Flowersare decay’d, and the Seed-veffels begin to fwell, they fhould be broken off juft at the Top of th Stalks, becaufe if they are permitted to feed, it will injure the Roots, Whenthe Leaves of thefe Flowers are de« cay’d, (which will be before the late Blowers are out of Flower) their Roots fhould be taken up, and fpread upon Mats in a fhadyPlace to dry ; after which they fhould be clear’d from their Filth, and put up in a dryPlace, where the Vermin cannot come to them, until the Seafon for planting them again, being very careful to preferve every Sort ieparate, that you mayknowhowto difpofe of them at the hem again; becaufe it is Time for plant the better Wayto plant all the Roots ofeach Sort together (and not to intermix them, as is commonly practis'd in moft other Kinds of Flowers) for as there are few of them which blow at the fame Time, fo when the feveral Roots of one Sort are fcatter'd thro’ a whole Border, they make but an indifferent Appearfhould be planted the Beginning of Solenie r in ance; whereas whentwentyor thirty Roots of a warm Border, near a Wall, Pale, or Hedge, theywill the fame Sorts are placed together, becaufe if they are put into an open Spotof all flower at the fame Time, and afford a more Ground, their Buds are in Danger offuffering agreeable Profpect. ; by Morning Frofts in the Spring. The Soil for There are many curious Perfons, who, in thefe fhould be renew’d ever Year, where order to preferve their feveral Kinds of Tulips, People intend to have them f The beft and other bulbous-rooted Flowers feparate, Soil for this Purpofe is that which is taken have large flat Boxes made, whichare divided from a light fandy Pafture, with the Turf in feveral Parts by fmall Partitions, each of rotted amongtt it, and tothis fhould be added which is numbre in the fime manner as the d a fourth Part of Sea-fand. This Mixture may Divifions of their Beds ; fo that when a Catabe laid about ten Inches deep, which will be logue oftheir Roots is made, and the Numbers fufficient for theie Roots, which need not be fix'd to each Sort in the Beds, there is nothing planted more thanfour orfive Inches deep at more to do when theytake up their Roots, moft. The Off {ets fhould not be planted but to put every Kind into the Divifionmark¢ amongft the blowing Roots, but in a Border by with the fame Number which was place¢ themielves, where they maybe planted pretty to each Sort in the Bed, v elofe together, eipecially if they are {mall ; but deal of ‘Troubl e in making fre iS 1 theie fhould be taken up whentheir Leaves ‘Time the Roots are taken up, and effe@uall} decay, in the fame manner as the blowing Kines the preierv of am{wers the Purpofe ing Roots, otherwife they would rot, if the Seafon feparate. fhould prove very wet, for thele are not fo t of Sorts’ feveral The hardy as the late Blowers, nor do theyincreafe Tulips do rife to’ different ele faft as thofe, fo that a greater Care is Stems, fo that fearcely any two of Pauired to preferye the Of-ers of them flower to an equal Height. The L Flowers compleat. The Roots of thefe Early Blowing Tu/j TU Gil being one ofthefirft that appears in the Sced-veffels, at which Timeit may be cut off, and fo Spring, is generally very fhort ftalk’d, andpreferved in the Pods until the Seafon for {owing it, being careful to put it up ina dry nefs, are fhorter than thofé which fucceed Place, otherwifé it will be fubje&t o mould; them ; and the late-blowing Kinds are all of which will render it good for little. them confiderably longer in their Stems than Having fav’d a Parcel of good Seed, about any of the Pracoces, or Early-blowers ; fo the Beginning of September is the beft Seafori that when they are confufedly mix’d together for fowing it ; when there fhould be provid ed they make a very indifferent Appearance. a Parcel of fhallow Seed-Pans or Boxes, which The late blowing Tulips are fo numerous, fhould have Holes in their Bottoms to let the that, as I before obferv’d, it would be to no Moifture paf off: Thefe muft be fill’d with the other Sorts in Proportion to their Earli- Purpofe to attempt to make Catalogue of frefh, fandy Earth, laying the Surface very them. Thefe are generally obtain’d from even, upon which the Seeds fhouid be fown as Breeders, which is a Term apply’d to all fuch regularlyas poffible, fo that they may not lie Flowers as are produc’d from Seeds, which upon eachother, then there fhould be fome of are of one Self-colour, and have good Bot- the fame light, fandy Earth fifted over ’em, toms and Chives: Thefe do, in time, break about half an Inch thick. Thefe Boxes or into various beautiful Stripes, according to Pans fhould be placed where they may have the Ground of their former Self-colour : But the Morning-Sun ’till eleven of the Clock, iri this muft be intirely thtown off, otherwife which Situation they may remain until O/fothey don’t efteem a Flower well broke, ber ; at which time they fhonld be remov’d Of thefe Breeders there hath been a great into a more open Situation, where they may Variety brought into England from Flanders enjoy the Benefit of the Sun all che Day, and of late Years, which is the grand Nurfery be fhelter’d from the North for moft Sorts of Bulbous-rooted Flowers they fhould remain during the Winter Seafon ; but there are fomecurious Perfons who have but in the Spring, when the Plants are ups lately obtain’d many valuable Breeders from they fhould be again removed to theirfirft SiSeeds fown in England: And doubtlefs were tuation, and if the Seafon fhould be dry, we as induftrious to fow the Seeds of thefe they mutt be refrefh’d with Water, while the Flowers, as the People of France and Flanders, Plants remain green, but as {on as their Tops we might in a few Years have as great a Va- begin to decay, there muft be no more given riety as isto be found in any Part of Europe: them, left i¢ rot their tender Bulbs < therefore For altho’ it is fix or feven Years from the the Boxes fhould beplaced in tha jy Situa fowing before the Flowers do blow, yet if after the firft fowing there is every Year a frefh Parcel fown, when thé feven Years are expird, there will be conftantly a Succeffion of Roots to flower every Year, which will tion duri e Summ the Drip of Trees. TheiePlants at thei very narrow of Onions, ppea Grafly Leaves, and do come very | up with and keep up the Heads, in the fame manner Spirit of Raifing: But it is the Length of that Perfons who are unacquainted with them, Timeat firft, which deters moft People from maypull’em upinftead of Grafs, whilft they the Beginning of this Work. are very young, before th Leaves are a The Manner of propagating thefe Flowers i is rarely per 2d, which teward the Expectation, from Seeds, is as follows. 1. You fhould be careful in the Choice of the Seed, without which there can be little Succef3 expected. The beft Seed is that which is faved from Breeders which have all the good Properties before-related ; for the Seeds offtrip’'d Flowers do feldom produce anything that is valuable. The beft Method to obtain good Seeds, is to make Choice of a Parcel of fuch breeding Tulip Roots as you would fave Seeds from, r; for they feldom appear before the Middle of March, and they commonly decay about thelatter End of May or the Beginning of Fune, according as the Sea fon is hotter or colder The Weeds and Mofs fhould alfo be clear’d off from the Surface of the Earth in the Boxe iy and little frefh Earth fifted over em {oon after tt Leaves decay, which will be of great Service to the Roots; thefe Boxesfhould and plant ’em in a feparate Bed from the be conftantly kept cleat from Weeds, which if Breeders, in a Part of the Garden where they permitted to grow therein, when they are pulled up, their Roots will be apt to draw the 3ulbs out of the Ground ; at Alichaelmas they fhould be freth earth’d again, and as the /Vinter comes on, fo they mutt be again removed into the Sun as before, and treated in the may be fully expofed to the Sun, obferving to plant them at leaft nine Inches deep ; for if they are planted too fhallow, their Stems are apt to decay before the Seed is perfected Thefe Flowers fhould always be expofed to the Weather ; for if they are fhaded with Mats, or any other Covering, it will prevent their perfecting the Seed. About the Middle of Fuly (a litrle fooner or later, as the Sum- mer is hotter or colder), the Seeds will be fit to gather, which may be knownby the Drynefs of their Stalks, and’ the Opening-of the fame mann until their Leaves decay in the : fhould be carefully ta d ited in Bed Earth, which fhould hav them, to prevent downward, ch theyoften do nothing to {top » and therebythey ftroy’d. ‘The Earth of thefe Beds fhould be abou |
