■Itt OF * LOWERS. SECT. XVIII. 



fine full flowers, are furely better than many tali 

 dangling weak ones. 



A JecGnd, or even a third, fowlng of hardy annuals 

 may be made, at two or thiee weeks between, to con- 

 tinue tbe blow, efpecially of thofe that come early, 

 and are foon off: Mid- May is not too late. The lark- 

 Jpur, for initance, will make a long {how with us, by 

 autumn, and early and late jpring plants ; in fhort of 

 every flower that blows mjummer, there may be three 

 fowings, and two of thofe that come early in autumn, 

 in order to a full fucceflion. 



- Harrfv annuals do not in general tranf plant well, fo 

 fhould be fown where they are to remain, and they 

 mull have a good foil in order to fuccefs. Take care to 

 fow the tallejl growing texts behind, and the loweft ia 

 Jront, and to form the patches at a fufficient diftance 

 from one another, that the ground may be flirred and 

 raked between them. A garden may be too full of flow- 

 ers, which it certainly is, if the earth is notfeen diftinclly 

 round about them : tor when that is clean and frefh, all 

 things growing in it appear more lively : It is, as it were, 

 the back -ground of a picture. A few hardy annuals 

 may be fown in pots, letting them where they have only 

 the morning fun, and when in flower, they will ferve 

 to put into any particular place, for ornament, or be 

 turned out into the open ground, where fomething 

 may be wanting. 



2. OF BIENNIALS. 



There are but a few of thefe, and the principal fort* 

 will be found in the lift of them, next Jccthn, where 

 obfervations will be made on particular plants. 



Thefe are to be /own in drills, or in beds, at broad- 



call, the latter end *i March, or beginning of April, 



where they have only the morning fun, and the ground 



; J fliould 



