SECT. XVI IT. OF FLOWERS. 



Plants \\\\\Jiag a little even when removed with a 

 large ba-1 of earth ; because some of the outer fibres 

 of the roots are either broke or cut, and a plant is 

 chiefty fed by the youngest and most extreme parts 

 of the root. If possible, let all summer transplanted 

 flowers be shaded from sun, by garden pots, (raised a 

 little) or otherwise, till they have struck fresh roots, 

 which they will soon do; but uncover on nights. 

 This will occasion some trouble ; yet the advantage 

 attending it makes it very advisable, if not abso- 

 lutely necessary, and especially when the plants are 

 moved with none, or very little mould about their 

 root. 



A hot-bed for these, as it is moderate, may be co- 

 vered with hoops and mats, and do very well, or 

 tather better than frames and glass ; for it often hap- 

 pens, that annuals are kept too close, by which they 

 become weak, and get stunted when planted out in 

 the free air, which, by over-nursing, is made unna- 

 tural to them. Towards the end of April, almost 

 any of them will come up under hand-glasses, or 

 even without, on a warm border, in a light and rich 

 soil ; but they will blow late, and be not near so 

 strong. The Chinese hollyhock, though it will cer- 

 tainly come up in cold ground at this late season, 

 will be hardly able to make a blow before winter. 

 Those flowers of this class, however, that have been 

 mentioned to be occasionally considered as hardy, 

 may be thus treated for a second blow. 



Other modes of cultivation are, that a few of the 

 less tender sorts may be sown in pots, and placed 

 (not plunged) in any hot bed that is in work for 

 other things; but they must not be kept close, or 

 hot, which would draw them up weak : This plan 

 may do for them a little while, and a slight heat may 

 be got ready to prick them out upon, when air may 



