SECT. XVI It. OF FLOWERS. f?&9 



blow much longer than if always expofed. When tbefe 

 flowers, in beds, firlt break ground, it the weather is 

 fevere, they may then have an awning of mats, or cloth, 

 ©ccafionally over them; or a little peas haulm, or 

 wheat Jtrazv, laid thinly on, juft to proteft them in 

 their tender flate a little ; this regards particularly 

 nights, for on days a cover mould not remain on in to- 

 Feruble weather. But before the (hoots appear above 

 ground, valuable beds of tbefe flowers mould be fhel- 

 tered from having much wet, 'even all through winter) 

 as moifture gives f'rofl fo great power. If a body of 

 inow lies on, it mould not be fuffered to melt there 

 when it thaws. 



Spring flowering bulbs may be brought forward br 

 planting them in pots, or in water-glajjes, and letting 

 them in warm rooms, or hot-beds ; and thus, even in 

 winter, we may have ornaments and fweets that court 

 our admiration. The great variety of hyacinths and 

 polyanthus iiarciffits, furnim us amply in "this way ; but 

 ether early bulbs .may alfo be thus forwarded. Pots, 

 placed in a light warm kitchen window, may be brought 

 forward to make their blow in the parlour; or if placed 

 in any window, open to the fouth, it will forward them. 

 Tbefe fhould be potted in October, and have a light dry 

 foil, occafionally giving water. Bulbs may be put in 

 glaffes at this time, and once a month after, to February, 

 tor a fuccefTion. Let the bii)b juft touch the water, 

 which fhould be foft, and replenifheu fo often as to keep 

 it up-to the bottom of the bulbs. Let it be completely 

 changed about once a week. ; and if a bit of nitre, the 

 fize of a pea, be put in each time, it will ftrengthen, 

 the blow. 



Though bulbous flowers are propagated plentifully 

 by root offsets, yet fome are increafed from little bulbs 

 formed on the fides or tops of the /talks y as the moly 

 tribe, and the bulbiferous lily. Thefe fhould be taken 

 off in Auguft, dried a little in the fun, and then planted 

 in nuiftfrv beds as offsets. 



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