Styb LISTS OF TREES, &C. SECT. XIX. 



handfome or healthy) fhould be fro 6 rely cut, for a late 

 blow, which generally proves zfine one In confc-ouerice. 

 A judicious regular ufe of -neat flendery?/Vi/ is of much 

 advantage to geraniums, orother potted plants. 



What lias been faid of geraniums, applies to all 

 thofe Exotics, called Greenhoufc Plants, in the ma- 

 nagement of which, it is a material thing not to fhift 

 frito too large pots, as the roots run directly to the out- 

 fides, and fo would be too haftily brought to require the 

 biggeft pots. Another thing is, to take off fome of the 

 top foil, not only as directed in fpring, but once or 

 twice in the fummer ; and always before houfmg in au- 

 tumn, and replacing it with a rich compofi, as one of 

 almoft all rotten cow dung, which being black, is the 

 molt fuitabieto the eye, and it is cool and nourifhing. 



It is material to neaincjs, and the end of ornament, 

 (for which plants are chiefly potted) that the pots 

 fhould be occafionally warned, or fcoured, and by no 

 means fuffered to get mouldy. This is a point fo little 

 attended to, that we fometimes fee a beautiful plant in 

 a very difgufting habitation. It is equally offenfive, 

 and injurious, to fuffer the furface earth to get moffy, 

 cr caked hard by the necell'ary waterings ; to prevent, 

 which, often ftir it a little depth, and lay it fmooth, 

 which makes all look creditable. 



Pinks are fometimes layered, or more ufually pro- 

 pagated by cuttings, ox pipings, about Mid/ummer ; and 

 may be alfo by flips* fet in March, April, or May, 

 with, or without roots, four inches afunder. Cuttings 

 fhould be young Prong fhoots of three or four inches 

 long, taken off'juft below a joint ; from which {trip- 

 ping the lower leaves, and cutting the top ones fhort, 

 plant them in a fine good foil, about two inches afun- 

 der, and in depth full half of their length. They will 

 ftrike rort , fo as to be fit to move, in feven or eight 

 weeks, with a little earth about their reots ; or may 

 be left to an early time in' the fpring ; but where this 

 is dciigned, they will be bed fix inches afunder. They 



may 



