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very rare to meet with such among seedling plants of the wall-flower, 

 perhaps not one out of five hundred would prove double, but the gil- 

 lyflowers produce numbers of double flowers from seed, especially if 

 it is saved from semi-double varieties ; the full double never produc- 

 ing any. The beginning of this month is a very proper time to sow 

 the seed of either of these or of their varieties. 



GUERNSEY LILLY. 



The Amaryllis sarniensis, or Guernsey lily. The leaves of this 

 most beautiful flower will generally be decayed towards the end 

 of this month, when the roots may be taken up, and the offsets 

 separated; they may be re-planted in pots immediately, or if dried 

 first in the shade, be preserved in dry sand, &c., and planted any 

 time before the end of July, but are not to be kept up longer, as 

 they flower in September or October. When the winter frost ap- 

 proaches, the pots are to be removed into a garden-frame, where 

 they may have occasional protection during the winter months, or 

 they may be placed in the front windows of the green-house. Their 

 roots do not increase numerously when removed oftener than every 

 third year, and in the summer months they ought to be kept in the 

 shade and gently watered now and then ; but as their roots are in a 

 dormant state during that time, too much water would totally destroy 

 them. 



TRANSPLANTING PERENNIAL AND BIENNIAL SEEDLINGS. 



Many of the early sown perennial and biennial flower plants, will 

 in the course of this month be fit to transplant into nursery beds, 

 where they should be set at a distance of six inches from one ano- 

 ther, there to remain to get strength till September or October, when 

 they should be removed with balls of earth, and finally planted where 

 intended to flower. 



SUPPORTING FLOWER-PLANTS. 



Sticks must now be placed to such flowering plants as want sup- 

 port; in doing this, have regard to the natural size and height of 

 each kind, and let the sticks be in proportion ; fix them down firm 

 on that side in which they can be least seen ; for although the in- 

 tent is to keep the plants upright and of neat appearance, yet the 

 means should be concealed as much as possible, and similar care ought 

 also to be observed in tying up the plants. 



Likewise, climbing and trailing plants of every kind should have 

 timely support of sticks or stakes proportioned to their respective 

 growths, and their stems or shoots conducted thereto in a proper 

 manner. 



WEEDS. 



More than ordinary care should now be taken, to keep all your beds 

 and borders free from weeds, but more especially those in which 

 small seedlings are growing. 



