290 OF FLOWERS. SECT. XVIII. 



All are to be sown, or propagated, as they are classed, 

 in order to have a certain and fine blow. Of the 

 perennials, some do not flower well above three or 

 four years, as the English holyhock, &c. for which 

 sowing should take place every year to have a suc- 

 cession : A few perennial sorts may also go off the 

 second year, having perfected only one blow. See 

 pages 42, 43, 57, 58, 61, 66, 67, 72, 1 16. 



What sweets are these which gratefully diffuse 



Their fragrance round ? 



'Tis the flowers 



The incense of the garden's breath, that sheds 



This balmy sweetness. . 



To the smell 



How grateful, not less pleasing to the eye 



The bloom of opening flowers. Kind nature here 



In nice proportion all her favours deals ; 



Those gales around the blissful garden pours, 



Neither too strong the organs to oppress, 



Nor yet so faint the senses to elude. 



See in what various tints the flowery tribes 

 Their several beauties shew, and court the eye 

 With new delight, distinguish'd each from each 

 By different hues how wise the bounteous hand 

 Of that indulgent power ! tho' perfect all 

 His works, who yet on all the charms bestows 

 Of novelty to shew 'em still more fair. 



NEW co MB. 



1. OF ANNUALS. 



Annual flowers are usually divided into three 

 classes, i. e. tender, less tender, and hardy. 



In the list, section 19th, the tender annuals are 

 marked 1,'the less tender 2, and the unmarked are 

 hardy, to be sown either in autumn or spring, 

 . To this list of flowers might be added others, and 

 some possibly that are pretty ; but many of the an- 



