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Kchnia, the flower fade* in a very fhort time, when 

 the fun is aut ; but the plant produces a great number, 

 in long fucce&on. 



Larkfpur is feldom permitted to attain its utrncft 

 perfection, not ai4owihg.it/aona enough. The I 

 forts, ftiould be from a foot to eighteen inches ai under, 

 and the dwarf half this alliance. See page %8>fL Pull 

 up all fingles. See page 5.9- 



Mrgnoneth is fomew; at tender, and is often fown oh 

 heai, esrly in the fpring, to obtain forward plant?, foY 

 pricking out into pots, boxes, or bafkets, tobehoufed 

 in windows, Set. As it does not tranfplant well, take 

 it up with a little earth about the roots; and, if con- 

 venient, put the pots, &c. on. a little hear,, till. rooted'. 

 Summer fown plants, if houfed in. winter,, become 

 Biennial ;, cut them down firil.. 



Mulberry blight r or more properly hlite ; i. e. the 

 herb blitum,. whofe fruit refembles a red unripe mul- 

 berry. It is alfo called ftrawberry Jpinach, from the 

 leaves being like thofe of the prickly j'pinach, and the 

 fruit like a fcarlet ftrawberry. The plant mult he 

 imported by a wall, pales-, or flicks, or the weight of 

 the fruit jjiot eatable) will bring them to the ground.. 

 It looks beff, and is very handfome, when trained,, 

 which it mould be, juft as a fruit tree, fullering no (idc 

 (hoots to remain on. The feed is- near a month com- 

 ing up, which makes autumn fown plants valuable, in 

 order to have the fruit forward and fine. Some perfons* 

 fow it in i^nng upon a flight hot-bed, and prick the- 

 plants out where tlie) are to grow ; but to fow forward,. 

 in their proper place (not to be tranfplantc I) generally 

 does very well; as it will then decorate the autumn, 

 when other things begin to fail. 



Sfcek, annual, if fown about Mid-Augift', for aru 

 edging, or m little patclies, will make a pretty early 

 fpring blow, as it is very hardy : A light foil fuits it; 

 beft, This little flower is commonly fpoiled by being 

 differed to grow thick, winch makes it trail, and ram- 

 ble 



