SECT. XIX. LISTS 01 TREES, &C. 55'j 



Auriculas in blow fhould be protected from rain, 

 wind, and fun, and their Items fupported by little neat 

 (lender formed flicks, or ftrait ones, and tied with 

 thread ; and when out of blow, fhould be fet out of the 

 fun, but not under trees. 



Shift or tranfplant auriculas every fecond year, and 

 that as foon as they are out of blow ; thofe, however, 

 that produce many offsets, or are luxuriant growers, 

 may be fhifted eve'ry year. The more common prac- 

 tice is to move all in Augujl. 



To raife auriculas from the feed, in February, fill 

 boxes, or pots, with fine fifted middling compofl ; 

 fmooth the top perfectly level ; fcatter the feeds evenly, 

 and cover not more than the thicknefs of a (hilling. 

 Set the pots, &c. on tiles, or boards, under a warm 

 wall, and keep the furface moift. It is a good way 

 to mix the feed with a like quantity (or a little more) 

 ok fine wood afhes ; and to lay fome fmall pieces of furze, 

 or light thorns over. Remove them fas weather dictates) 

 to fhelter,or protect them from cutting wind, much fro ft , 

 or heavy rain, &c. and by May expect them to appear, 

 when take the furze off, and cover with a net ; let 

 them have only the morning fun, keep them moift, and 

 when they have got fix leaves, prick them out three 

 inches afunder, in boxes, or pots; and early in the next 

 ipring, plant them at fix inches afunder, and protect 

 from wet and Iroft. 



Carnation is ufually propagated by layer s, (fometimes 

 by pipings or cuttings, as -pinks) about Midfummer, or 

 as foon after in the lealon as they will admit of it, 

 by their length and ftrength, and the work is thus: 

 Strip off the leaves from the lower part of the (hoot; 

 at the middle of it, clofe below the joint, cut it half 

 through by an upward direction, with a thin, narrow, 

 lharp knife, and continue the flit exactly up the middle 

 from half to tluee fourths of an inch; peg the (hoot 

 down into the earth (being before weli loofencdy as 

 low as it will bear bending, fetting the layer upright. 



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