OBSERVATIONS 



MAY. 



This is considered the best month of the year for 

 sowing Biennials. Perennials and hardy Annuals 

 also may still be sown, (though last month would 

 have been better for them,) if omitted in the pre- 

 ceding months. A sowing of Mignonette, Indian 

 Pinks, Marygolds, China Asters, &c. will give a late 

 and agreeable succession : this, however, cannot be 

 deferred beyond the first week of the month. 



Put out (in pots) the tender Annuals into a fresh 

 hot-bed of convenient size for shading and watering, 

 say four feet in breadth, and of any convenient 

 length. Take the precaution, however, of not plung- 

 ing the pots into the beds sooner than a week after 

 its formation, else sufficient heat will not have been 

 generated. In removing these Annuals from one 

 pot to another, as they increase in size, be careful 

 to take up a ball of earth entire about the roots, and 

 supply fresh earth to the pots, well pulverized, of 

 the composts recommended before. Cover the bed 

 with,glasses, giving a little air every day, and shading 

 the plants from the hot sun, until they are strong 

 enough to look him boldly in the face. Take care 

 also to let the steam arising from the bed escape, 



