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wards laid on occasionally as necessity may require, to protect the 

 plants from too powerful sunshine or heavy torrents of rain, which 

 are both injurious to them.* 



Here they are to remain till November, when they must be re- 

 moved into their winter repository, as then directed; during this 

 time they must have a sufficiency of water as often as it may appear 

 necessary, to keep them in a constant growing state and good health. 



The layers of the common kinds of carnations should, when taken 

 off, be planted in beds of rich earth, in rows about six inches asun- 

 der, where they are to be watered and shaded until well taken with 

 the ground, and growing. They may remain in these beds till Sep- 

 tember, October, or March, and are then to be taken up with balls 

 of earth and planted where intended to flower. 



PINKS. 



The most valuable kinds of pinks should be treated in every re- 

 spect as directed for carnations. 



SENSITIVE PLANTS. 



The sensitive plants which have been raised in hot-beds, may 

 about the first of this month, if not done in June, be brought out 

 into the open air and placed in a very warm situation, for they de- 

 light in much heat; but some ought to be kept constantly under 

 glasses, for, when fully exposed to the weather, they lose much of 

 their sensibility. 



The species I particularly allude to, is the Mimosa pudica, or 

 humble and sensitive plant. 



Those plants which are placed in the greatest warmth in winter, 

 continue vigorous, and retain their faculty of contracting on being 

 touched ; but those that are in a moderate warmth have little or no 

 motion. 



TRANSPLANTING BIENNIAL AND PERENNIAL FLOWERING PLANTS. 



If not done in June, you should now transplant from the seed- 

 beds the various kinds of perennial and biennial seedling flowering 

 plants, as directed on page 452. 



AURICULAS AND POLYANTHUSES. 



Exame your auriculas and polyanthuses ; when dead leaves at any 

 time appear upon the plants, let them be immediately picked off, and 

 suffer no weeds to grow in the pots. 



Preserve those plants carefully from the mid-day sun, which at 

 this season would destroy them, particularly the auriculas, and keep 

 the earth in the pots always moderately moist. 



* Pot culture of carnations is only applicable to the enthusiast. They 

 bloom equally well in the open ground, where they are grown with ordi- 

 nary care. 



