SECT. XX. MAY. 403 



Tulips, Ranunculuses, ancmonies, &c. of choice sorts, 



protect in severe cutting winds, 378. 

 Auriculas in bloom, shelter from rain, wind, sun, and 



support the stems by neat forked sticks, 38 1. 

 Pots of jlowers, shift, and dress, j;ie up, water, &c. 



, 

 Crocus leaves tie up, not cut them off as some do. 



4$ 



NURSERY. 



Weed, water, stir the soil, rake neatly, and clean up, 

 72. 



Transplant (yet) seedlings of trees and shrubs ; the 

 evergreen sorts it is now a good time for, 75. 



Sow (if not done before) the seeds of forest trees, 

 flowering shrubs, and evergreens; but keep them 

 cool, by watering, as every thing should be, that is 

 sown or transplanted late in the spring : Yet they 

 must not be kept soaked with wet, 74. 



MAY. 



LET this charming month be ushered in with due 

 respect, by the garden being in excellent order, to 

 which end let no help be spared, when the gardener 

 is not competent to perform the work himself: It 

 is sometimes too much for the most industrious 

 man. 



We now gather vegetables that have stood the win- 

 ter, and been the care of many months, with some of 

 the products of spring also ; and it is the hope and 

 fruition of reward that sweetens labour: All the 

 senses are gratified at this season. 



The softening air is balm ; 



And every sense and every heart is joy ! 



THOMSON* 



