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be.fown as hardy, for a late blow, as China- offer, Indian 

 pink, love lies bleeding, French and African marigold, 

 princes feather, ten week Jhcks y and J wed Julian. Some 

 among the hardy annuals may advantageoufly be treated 

 as the lefs tender, to enfure their termination, or to 

 bring them forward, as belvidere, Inu.an corn, (the large 

 fort of which muft be forwarded upon heat) mignonette* 

 yiajlurtium, and perjicar ia. 



The Culture of each Clafs follows, 



1. OF ANNUALS. 



About Mid -March is a general good time to fow 

 the tender (and in fhort all] forts, though the curious 

 and fkilful being well furnifhed with proper frames, , 

 &c. may begin a month fooner; the end of March, or 

 beginning of April, is, however, not>too late, and will 

 (perhaps) better fuit a young gardener than if he fowed 

 earlier. In order to fucceed in this bufinefs, there 

 mould be provided fine dry and rich earth, good ftable 

 dung, frames and lights, or roomy hand-glafTes, and 

 mats to cover. 



A moderately ftrong hot-Beef, for a one light frame, 

 may be prepared, and the violent heat being certainly 

 over, the feeds either fown thinly in drills, two or 

 three inches afunder, on five or fix inches of mould, of 

 lefs on a weak bed. May fow alfo in pots, plunged to 

 the rims. Cover the feeds from a quarter to half an 

 inch, or more, according to their fize. Some of them 

 will appear in a few days, and others will lie a fortnight 

 or more, according to the circumftances of their parti- 

 cular nature, age, and the heat or moiflure they meet 

 with in the bed. 



Thin the plants a little in time, and foon after to an 



inch, and then again to two, afunder. By no means 



let them be crowded, which would draw them up weak^ 



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