381 LISTS OF TREKS, &C. SECT. XIX, 



and may be also by slips, set in March> April, or 

 May, with, or without roots, four inches asunder. 

 Cuttings should be young strong shoots of three or 

 four inches long, taken off just below a joint ; from 

 which stripping the lower leaves, and cutting the top 

 ones short, plant them in a fine good soil, about two 

 inches asunder, and in depth full half of their length. 

 They will strike root, so as to be fit to move, in seven 

 or eight weeks, with a little earth about their roots ; 

 or may be left to an early time in the spring ; but 

 where this is designed, they will be best six inches 

 asunder. They may be either put in pots y or borders, 

 where they are to blow, or rather into a nursery* bed, 

 to grow a year at six inches distance. Pipings are 

 obtained by drawing the heads of the young shoots 

 out of their sockets, of the length of cuttings. In 

 both methods, push the shoots carefully into the 

 earth, gently press the mould about them, and give 

 a watering ; shade also from much sun. They will 

 strike more certainly, and much sooner by being 

 covered close with a hand-glass, as much as possible 

 air-tight. They must be >kept cool, by occasional 

 watering ; but when under glass, they will not need 

 so much watering or shading, or may do without 

 any; for though the inclosed air is warmer, it is 

 always more humid, which refreshes the cuttings 

 with answerable supply for their support; and it is 

 this moisture and warmth that facilitates the growth. 

 When they appear to be growing, the glasses must 

 be raised, and in a short time removed. To raise 

 pinks from seed, follow the directions given for car- 

 nations. 



Potijanthus is propagated by parting the roots in 

 autumn, or (for new varieties) by seed sown and ma- 

 naged (nearly) as directed for auriculas : But as thi$ 

 flower is not so delicate in the cultivation, it may be 

 sown in borders, where there is s only the morning 



