416 THE PLEASURE, OR [JUNE. 



colours ; but when propagated by seed, very few will be found to 

 possess the same colours and properties as the mother plant. 



Double Sweet William. 



The fine kinds of double sweet william may now be propagated, 

 either by slips or by laying the young shoots, as directed for car- 

 nations ; in either way, they will root freely, but if the slips are 

 planted, they will require shade as well as occasional waterings, for 

 ten or twelve days after. 



Transplanting Annuals. 



You may now transplant into the borders and other places where 

 wanted, all the different kinds of annual flowers, that succeed in that 

 way, and that stand too close where they had been sown ; such as 

 French and African Marigolds, China Asters, Cock's-combs, Chry- 

 santhemums, China Pinks, China Hollyhocks, Balsams, Amaran- 

 thuses of various sorts, Gomphrena globosa, and many other kinds, 

 observing to do this in moist or cloudy weather, if possible, and to 

 give them shade and frequent refreshments of water, till newly 

 rooted : let them be taken up and transplanted, with as much earth 

 as possible about their roots, whether into flower-pots or else- 

 where. 



Thinning and Supporting Flowering Plants^ &"c. 



Wherever you have sown annual flower seeds in patches, See. and 

 that they have grown too thick, you must thin them to proper dis- 

 tances according to their respective habits of growth, so as to allow 

 them full liberty to attain the utmost perfection. 



Place sticks for the support of the various kinds, that require it, 

 whether annual, perennial, biennial, or climbing plants, as directed 

 in page 390, observing the method there recommended. 



Cut off, close to the ground, the decaying flower-stems of such 

 perennial plants as are past flowering, and clear the roots from 

 dead leaves ; but where intended to s.ave seed from any of the kinds, 

 leave for that purpose some of the principal stems. 



Trim, dress, and tie up, any disorderly growing plants, pick off 

 all withered leaves, and cut out decayed parts. 



Propagating Fibrous-rooted Plants by Cuttings. 



You may still continue to propagate the double scarlet-lychnis, 

 double-rocket, lychnideas or phloxes, with many other like kinds, 

 by cuttings of the Bower-stalks, as directed for the scarlet-lychnis, 

 in page 389. 



Transplanting Seedling Perennials and Biennials. 



Transplant from the seed-beds the early sown perennial and bien- 

 nial seedling flower plants, that are grown to a sufficient size ; such 



