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The best season for transplanting 
all deciduous trees and shrubs is 
the autumn ; because the plant has 
time to produce some fibres, and 
accommodate itself to its new soil 
and situation during the winter, so 
as to be prepared to grow freely 
the following spring. Evergreens 
may also be transplanted in autumn, 
or at any time in open moist weather 
during autumn, winter, or early | 
spring. In dry or frosty weather 
it is always dangerous to remove 
them; because the sap in an ever- 
green is more or less in motion at 
every season of the year, and the 
plant is never so completely dor- 
mant as in the case of deciduous 
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PLEASURE-GROUND. 
'be shaded for a few days from the 
heat of the sun. 
Piatysre'mon. — Ranunculdcee. 
| One of the Californian annuals, with 
/cream-coloured flowers and woolly 
glaucous leaves. For the culture, 
see CALIFORNIAN ANNUALS. 
Prarysti’ema.—Puapaverdcee.— 
A very curious little plant with the 
petals alternately white and yellow. 
|For the culture, see CaLirorNnIAN 
ANNUALS. 
’ PLeasure-Grownp is that portion 
of a country residence which is 
_devoted to ornamental purposes, 
in contradistinction to those parts 
which are exclusively devoted to 
utility or profit, such as the kitchen- 
trees. Formerly it was thought! garden, the farm, and the park. In 
that the best season for removing | former times, when the geometrical 
evergreens was in the latter part} style of laying out grounds prevail- 
of summer, shortly after they had | ed, a pleasure-ground consisted of 
completed their year’s growth ; but | terrace-walks, a bowling-green, a 
this doctrine was only acted upon | labyrinth, a bosquet, a small wood, 
in the time of Miller and before, | ashady walk commonly of nut-trees, 
when there were comparatively few | but sometimes a shady avenue, with 
species of evergreens in British gar- | ponds of water, fountains, statues, 
dens; and it has been recently &c. In modern times the pleasure- 
found by Mr. M’Nab (see his Trrea- | ground consists chiefly of a lawn of 
tise on Transplanting Evergreens), smoothly-shaven turf, interspersed 
that evergreens may be transplanted | with beds of flowers, groups of 
with much greater safety in mild | shrubs, scattered trees, and, accord- 
weather in autumn or winter, than | ing to circumstances, with a par 
at any other period of the year. | the whole of the scenes and object 
Herbaceous plants may in general | which belong to a pleasure-ground 
be transplanted at any season when; in the ancient style. The main 
they are not in flower, or coming portion of the pleasure-ground is 
into flower ; but the safest time for | always placed on that side of the 
perennials is in autumn, after they | house to which the drawing-room 
have ripened their seeds and are windows open; and it extends in 
going into a dormant state. Bien- | front and to the right and left more 
nial and annual plants are best or less, according to the extent of 
transplanted when quite young, or | the place ; the park, or that part 
after they have obtained their second | devoted exclusively to pasture and 
or third pair of leaves; and seed- | scattered trees, being always on the 
lings in general may be treated in| entrance front. There is no limit 
a similar manner. In all cases | to the extent either of the pleasure- 
of planting (excepting with Cacti) ground or the park, and no necessary 
and other succulents), the plants | connection between the size of the 
should be watered as soon as they 
are fixed in their new situations; 
and when practicable, they should 
house and the size of the pleasure- 
ground. A small house and a large 
garden was the wish of the poet 
