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sary protection from the inclemencies of the weather, and plenty of 

 air at proper opportunities. Towards the latter end of April these 

 may be planted into the open borders, or wherever they are destined 

 to remain, with good success. The mignonette, being very impatient 

 of transplanting, ought to be taken up with as much earth as possible 

 around the roots, and so transplanted with particular care. 



But if your plants stand thick in the seed-bed, some of them, when 

 they have been up about three or four weeks, or when about an inch 

 high, may be pricked out either into a slight hot-bed, which will for- 

 ward them considerably, and some into small pots to be placed 

 therein, three plants in each; others may be planted on a warm 

 border, three inches asunder, and covered with hand-glasses ; after 

 they have stood a month all those not potted should be planted 

 where they are to remain. 



STOCKGILLY-FLOWERS AND WALL-FLOWERS. 



The choice double and other stockgilly-flowers and wall-flowers 

 which you have in pots, and under the protection of any kind of 

 covering, should never be exposed to a strong sun whilst in a frozen 

 state ; they will stand the winter with very little protection from 

 frost, but must be carefully guarded against the sun's influence at 

 such times. 



FORCING EARLY FLOWERS. 



Where early flowers are required, either for ornament or for sale, 

 you must prepare for this business in October^ and then plant in suit- 

 able-sized pots the various kinds that you intend to force, such as 

 carnations, pinks, sweet-williams, double daisies, and other fibrous- 

 rooted plants. The earliest kinds of hyacinths, van-thol, and other 

 early tulips, anemones, ranunculuses, jonquils, narcissusses of various 

 sorts, dwarf Persian irises, crocuses in different varieties, and many 

 other kinds of early flowering bulbs, having been protected in a 

 suitable manner as heretofore directed ; you may about the begin- 

 ning of this month plant these pots, or such of them as you wish to 

 force for the earliest bloom, in any forcing department now at work, 

 such as hot-houses, forcing-houses of any kind, hot-beds, &c. By 

 plunging the pots into the bark-pits or hot-beds you will have them 

 to flower the sooner. As the hyacinths, carnations, and pinks ad- 

 vance, tie their flower-stems to neat sticks, or to pieces of painted 

 wire stuck into the pots for that purpose. 



You may likewise force pots of roses, honeysuckles, jasmines, 

 double-flowering almonds, thorns, cherries, and peaches, and also any 

 other early flowering and desirable plants by the same means. 



Either of the preceding kinds may be forced in board forcing- 

 frames, with the assistance of hot dung applied to the back and 

 ends thereof, these being constructed of strong inch and a half or 

 two inch plank, made eighteen inches high in front and five or six 

 feet high in the back, the ends in proportion and length at pleasure, 

 the width to be five or six feet, and the whole covered with sloping 



