MARCH.] FLOWER GARDEN RANUNCULUS, &c. 155 



RANUNCULUS AND ANEMONE. 



The frames must have plenty of air, and give fre- 

 quent sprinklings of water. The sashes or boards 

 should be taken entirely off every, mild day, and in fine 

 nights leave them exposed to the dew; stir up the 

 earth amongst them, breaking it fine, making all neat. 

 They require liberal supplies of water after they begin 

 to grow. 



ROSES. 



This is the most favourable month for planting all 

 kinds of garden roses, which must be done as soon as 

 the weather opens, and the ground in a proper state. 

 The earlier in the month they flower the more perfect 

 they will be. Never delay planting when there is an 

 opportunity ; for if delayed until the leaves are expand- 

 ing, the bloom will be much weakened, and the proba- 

 bility is there will be no flowers, arid the plants meet 

 with a premature death. It has been said, " there is a 

 particular advantage in planting some every ten days, 

 even to the middle of May; for the flowering of them 

 may be retarded in this way, and the bloom of these 

 delightful shrubs continue for a much longer period." 

 One moment's reflection will convince us, that nature, 

 while in her own element, will not be retarded, sup- 

 pose there was no danger of instantaneous death to 

 the plants. The artificial means that might be judi- 

 ciously adopted, with which we are acquainted, to keep 

 back the blooming of hardy plants, is to lift them as 



