390 THE PLEASURE, OR [MAY. 



flower, perhaps not one out of five hundred would prove double, 

 but the gilliflowers produce numbers of double flowers from seed, 

 especially ifit is saved from semi-double varieties : the full double, 

 never producing any. The ' beginning of this month is a very 

 proper time, to sow the seed of either of these, or of their varieties. 



Guernsey Lily. 



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 se- 

 parated ; they may be replanted in pots immediately, or if dried 

 first in the shade, be preserved in dry sand, See. 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 

 approaches, 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 the distance of six inches from 

 one another, there to remain to get strength till September or Oc- 

 tober, when they should be removed with balls of earth and finally 

 planted where intended to flower. 



Supporting Flv&er -Plant*. 



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 re- 

 spective 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. 



