SECT. XVIII. OF FLOWERS. £75 



Fully, with fome earth about their roots ; though a 

 warm bed will foon make them ftnke, if without mould. 

 Let them be {haded from fun a few davs; i. e. till 

 rooted in their new habitation. As thefe tender 

 annuals do not rightly bear the full open air till Mid- 

 fummcr, give them refolutely as much of it as poifible 

 in the frames, (by degrees) even to taking offthe glailts 

 in the middle part of fine mild days. Keep up a heat 

 in the third bed as long as can be, that the plants may- 

 continue in a growing Hate, and not get Hunted by cold 

 at bottom. To this end, a fourth bed, for fome of the 

 forts, as globes, coxcombs, &c. would be a greater advan- 

 tage as to fize, efpeciallv if the weather is unkind. 



It is hardly necellary to hint that the beds muff be 

 larger, and frames deeper, every time the plants are 

 fhifted. As the firft frame was a one light, let the fe- 

 cund be a. two light, and the third a three light, which 

 may be raifed upon bricks, or boarded round the 

 bottom, as occafion may require. From the fmall pots % 

 let them be tranfplanted into bigger in time, or (as 

 foon as they can fafely be] into warm borders, where, 

 if covered with haud-gJaiies, fet on bricks for a while, 

 it would fecure them from unkind weather, till got a 

 little hardened. In this changeable climate ot England, 

 there is hardly any knowing when tender plants may be 

 expofed fafely; vet too much houfing and covering h 

 to be avoided' as much as poilible. Many flowers w?li 

 need fuppert. See page 55. For the method oi/hififtg 

 plants irom pots, as into bigger, or to the open ground, 

 fee page 184. 



Some of the tender flowers in pots may be plunged 

 to the rims in the ground, to keep their roots -cool, and 

 for the fake of being conveniently covered $ in which 

 cafe, it is proper to put a bit ot tile underneath the pot 

 to keep out worms, which otherwise would get in. 



Good/eed irom tender annuals will not be well had, 



but irom February fown plants. Skilful gardeners. 



lowing early, and having plenty df dung and drawing 



N 6 frames 



