SECT. XIX. LISTS OF TREES, &C. 



tate the business, as is directed lor pinks* If. the 

 cuttings are weak, or long, take the upper part off 

 down to an eye. It a hand-glass is not used, lay 

 some moss round the cuttings to keep the ground 

 cool. In general it may be proper to keep the cut-- 

 tings out of ground a day, or two ; but the sott and 

 succulent ones should be so by all means, in order 

 to dry the ends, and so heal the wound, which, if 

 put directly in the ground, might decay and rot. 



The proper season for planting is from Mid-May 

 to Mid- July : a little earlier, or later, may however 

 do : Some chuse to forward them on heat, in March 

 and April ; but they must not be kept close. It is 

 adviseable to take cuttings from towards the top of 

 plants, in order to keep them down ; but where they 

 can be best spared (as to the form of the plant) is 

 the general rule. Pot them in August or Septem- 

 ber, according to the time the cuttings were put in : 

 The former time is much the best, and June cuttings 

 will be rooted. 



The management of geraniums is, to keep them 

 from frost, and as much as may be from harsh.winds, 

 particularly in the spring ; as after being housed all 

 winter, they are then tender, and far less -able to 

 bear unkind weather, than in autumn ; when having 

 been used to the external air, and the colder wea* 

 ther coming on by degrees, they 'are seldom hurt 

 much, but by absolute frost. 1 n the spring, they 

 must be brought to bear air by degrees, and the 

 more carefully, according as the winter has occar 

 sioned them to be more or less deprived of the ex** 

 ternal air being let in upon them. When the wea* 

 ther is mild in April, let them be taken out in thf . 

 day, (if convenient) and put in on nights ; and ven- 

 ture them not wholly abroad till Mid-May, or alter* 

 In the.summer, they should be placed in skejter and 

 shade ; but not under trees, or any roof : The oiprn* 



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