92 THE PLEASURE, OR [JAN. 



box, some with trift, pinks, sisyrinchium, &c., by way of variety, lay- 

 ing the walks and alleys with the finest gravel. Some beds may be 

 neatly edged with boards, especially such as are intended for the finer 

 sort of bulbs, &c. 



In this division you may plant the finest hyacinths, tulips, poly- 

 anthus-narcissus, double jonquils, anemones, ranunculuses, bulbous- 

 irises, tuberoses, scarlet and yellow amaryllises, colchicums, fritil- 

 laries, crown imperials, snow-drops, crocuses, lilies of various sorts, 

 and all the different kinds of bulbous and tuberous- rooted flowers, 

 which succeed in the open ground ; each sort principally in separate 

 beds, especially the more choice kinds, being necessary both for dis- 

 tinction's sake and for the convenience of giving such as need it pro- 

 tection from inclement weather ; but for particulars of their culture, 

 see the respective articles in the various months. 



Likewise in this division should be planted a curious collection of 

 carnations, pinks, polyanthuses, and many other beautiful sorts, 

 arranging some of the most valuable in beds separately; others may 

 be intermixed in different beds, forming an assemblage of various 

 sorts. 



In other beds you may exhibit a variety of all sorts, both bulbous, 

 tuberous, and fibrous-rooted kinds, to keep up a succession of bloom 

 in the same beds during the whole season. 



Here I cannot avoid remarking that many flower gardens, &c., are 

 almost destitute of bloom during a great part of the season ; which 

 could be easily avoided, and a blaze of flowers kept up, both in this 

 department and in the borders of the pleasure-ground, from March 

 to November, by introducing from our woods and fields the various 

 beautiful ornaments with which nature has so profusely decorated 

 them. Is it because they are indigenous that we should reject them? 

 Ought we not rather to cultivate and improve them ? What can be 

 more beautiful than our Lobelias, Orchises, Asclepiases, and Asters; 

 Dracocephalums, Gerardias, Monardas and Ipomreas ; Liliums, Poda- 

 lyrias, Rhexias, Solidagos and Hibiscuses; Phloxes, Gentianas, Spi- 

 gelias, Chironias, and Sisyrinchiums, Cassias, Ophryses, Coreopsises 

 and Cypripediums; Fumarias, Violas, Rudbeckias and Liatrises; with 

 our charming Limodorum, fragrant Arethusa, and a thousand other 

 lovely plants which, if introduced, would grace our plantations and 

 delight our senses ? 



In Europe, plants are not rejected because they are indigenous ; 

 on the contrary, they are cultivated with due care ; and yet here we 

 cultivate many foreign trifles, and neglect the profusion of beauties 

 so bountifully bestowed upon us by the hand of nature. 



WORK TO BE DONE THIS MONTH. 



Prune such of your ornamental shrubs, &c., as need it, particularly 

 the hardy deciduous kinds ; all decayed, ill-placed and straggling 

 branches ought to be cut off close to where they were produced, and 

 such others shortened as are growing in a disorderly way, always 

 taking great care to form the heads in a full and handsome manner, 



