;;62 LISTS OF TREES, &C. SECT. XIX. 



to an eye. If a band-glafs is not ufed, lay fon e I >fs 

 round the cuttings to keep the ground cool. In gc e- 

 ral it may be proper to keep the cuttings out of g I 



a dav, or two ; but the foft and fuccujent one 

 by all means, in order to dry the ends, and fo heal 

 wound, which, it" put directly in the ground, might 

 decay and rot. 



The proper feafon for planting is from Mid-May to 

 Mid- July : a little earlier, or bter, may however do: 

 Some chufe to forward them on heat, in March and 

 April ; but they mull not be kept clofe. It is advife- 

 able to take cuttings from towards the top of plants, in 

 order to keep them down ; but where they can be heft 

 fpared (as to the form of the plant) is the general rule. 

 Pot them in Auguft or September, according to the 

 time the. cuttings were put in: The former time is 

 much, the bell, and June cuttings will be rooted. 



The management of geraniums is, to keep them from 

 froft, and as much as may be from harft) winds % par- 

 ticularly in the Jpring ; as after being hou fed all win- 

 ter, they are then tender, and far lefs able to bear 

 unkind weather, than in autumn; when having been 

 ufed to the external air, and the colder weather 

 coming on by degrees, they are feldom hurt much, 

 but by abfplute .froft. In the Jpring, they muff be 

 brought to bear air by degrees, and the more carefully, 

 according as the tvinter has occafioned them to be 

 more or lefs deprived of the external air being let in 

 upon thero. When the weather is mild in April, let 

 them be taken out in the day, (if convenient) and put 

 in on nights ; and venture them not wholly abroad till 

 Mid- May, or after. In the jummer, they mould' be 

 placed \\\jldier and fonde ; but not under trees, or any 

 roof: The morning .an is all they mould have, for 

 more of it drie^ the mould in the pots too fajfr, and 

 fades the fkr jrs. They will want frequent waterings 

 fee page '27 >. They may take up their fumvier refi- 

 clence about Mid-May, (as directed) but the feafon 

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