266 FLOWER-GARDEN ANNUALS, &c. [MAT. 



ANNUALS, HARDY AND TENDER. 



By the first of the month finish sowing all hardy An- 

 nuals and Biennials; and about the middle of the 

 month all those that are tropical. The weather being 

 now warm, they will vegetate in a few days or weeks. 

 Attend to thinning of those that are too thick, giving 

 gentle waterings to such as are weak in dry weather. 

 Those that have been protected in frames should be 

 fully exposed therein night and day ; take the first op- 

 portunity of damp cloudy days to have them transplant- 

 ed into the borders or beds, after the 10th, lifting them 

 out of the frame with as much earth as will adhere to 

 their roots. 



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CARE OF HYACINTHS, TULIPS, &c. 



For the treatment of these while in bloom, see last 

 month. The best time to take them out of the ground 

 is about five weeks after they are done flowering, or 

 when the stem appears, what may be termed half de- 

 cayed. The best method to dry them is to place the 

 roots in rows, with bulb to bulb, the stems laying north 

 and south, or east or west. Give the bulbs a very thin 

 covering of earth, merely to exclude the sun, so that 

 they may not dry too rapidly, being thereby liable to 

 become soft. When they have thoroughly dried in 

 this situation, which will be in eight or ten days in dry 

 weather, (and if it rains cover them with boards,) take 

 them to an airy dry loft or shade, clearing off the fibres 



