346 THE PLEASURE, OR [APRK. 



a declining state ; these must be shaded and protected from its 

 influence, by occasional coverings of mats, until they have established 

 their roots, and obtained sufficient strength to withstand its force. 



Planting and Propagating Perennial Flowering-Plants. 



In the early part of this month, you may continue to remove and 

 transplant, most, sorts of fibrous, and tuberous rooted perennial flow- 

 ering plants, and to slip and increase many of them by offsets. 

 The following, together with those mentioned in page 292, may 

 yet be removed with good success ; that is, such of them as have 

 not previously begun to shoot flower stems, viz. Dracocephalums 

 of various kinds, but particularly the ~virgirdcu7n and dentatum, which 

 are very beautiful ; Penstemons, Podalyrias, Gentianas of sorts, 

 Hibiscuses in great varieties, Cypripediums and Phloxes ; Monar- 

 das, Coreopsises, Sisyrinchiums and Gerardias ; Aletrises, Aco- 

 nites, Ranunculus aconitifolius, Dictamnuses, arid Doclecatheon 

 Meadia ; Galega virginica, Hedysarums, Hemerocallises, Napsea, 

 Pxonia, Saponaria, Silphiums and Rhexias, with many others ; for 

 which, see the general Catalogue. A great number of the above 

 kinds, may now be taken up out of the woods and fields, and trans- 

 planted into the flower-borders and pleasure-grounds ; which will 

 keep up a regular succession of bloom, during the whole summer 

 and autumn. Their english names, with the principal varieties of 

 each family, will be found in the Catalogue of perennials, annexed 

 to this book. 



Let the plants be taken up carefully, with balls of earth about 

 their roots, and planted where necessary ; then water them, and re- 

 peat it in dry weather, till they begin to grow freely : they will 

 flower, generally, the same year, and those that are truly perennial, 

 v/ill continue to reward your labours, annually, with a new display 

 of their beauty, as long as you deserve that compliment, by render- 

 ing them a fostering care. 



Here again, would I call attention, to the necessity of introducing 

 into our gardens and pleasure grounds, a, variety of our beautiful 

 field flowers ; and not to suffer those departments to appear deso- 

 lated, in the autumnal months, whilst nature displays a profusion of 

 its glory in the fields, woods, meadows and swamps; but in doing 

 this, let it be observed, to give each kind, a Boil and situation as 

 nearly similar to that in which it grew in its wild state, as the na- 

 ture and extent of your ground will admit. See page 72, para- 

 graphs the third and fourth. 



Note. In page 55, &:c. you will find general designs, both an- 

 tient and modern, for laying out pleasure grounds, flower-gardens, 

 and all kinds of ornamental planting, to which I refer you. 



Double Daisies. 



Double daisies may now be propagated abundantly, by dividing 

 and slipping the roots ; but these should be planted in shady borders, 

 r rather in shallow frames, where they can be protected from the 



