460 THE PLEASURE, OR [AUG. 



Removing and planting Bulbous roots. 



In the first week of this month, if not clone in July, you should 

 plant all the autumn flowering bulbs which you have yet out of 

 ground ; such as CYocuses, Colchicums, autumnal Narcissus, Ama- 

 ryllises, &c. and likewise, any spring flowering bulbs that do not 

 agree with being kept too long in a dry state ; as Fritillaries, Crown 

 Imperials, Snow-drops, spring Crocuses, Martagons, red and white 

 Lilies, bulbous Irises, &c. Any of the latter kinds, may now be 

 taken up and immediately transplanted; but this should be done 

 early in the month, before they begin to push out new fibres ; af- 

 ter which, they would be considerably weakened by a removal. 

 You may, also, at this time, take up, separate, and transplant, the 

 roots of Paeonias, Flag Irises, and any other hardy kinds of fleshy 

 or tuberous-rooted flowers, whose leaves are now decayed. When 

 the roots are taken up, the small offsets should be separated, and 

 planted in beds, to increase the kinds, and the large roots replant- 

 ed in any beds or borders where wanted for flowering. Each re- 

 spective kind is to be covered from two to four inches deep, gene- 

 rally in proportion vothe size and strength of the roots. 



Transplanting Seedli?ig Perennials and Biennials. 



Transplant into nursery beds, the seedlings of the various kinds 

 of perennial and biennial flowers, that are now of a proper size, as 

 directed in page 416; or such may now be planted finally, where 

 they are to flower next season. As the wall-flower and stock-gilly- 

 flower plants will, in the middle and eastern states, require some 

 protection in winter, such should now be transplanted into pots, 

 or into beds where frames may be placed over them, on the ap- 

 proach of severe frost. 



Solving Seeds of Bulbous rooted Flowers. 



The seeds of Tulips, Hyacinths, Narcissuses, Irises, Crown 

 Imperials, Fritillaries and Lilies, or of any other kinds of 

 bulbs, whose seeds are ripe, may now be sown, in order to ob- 

 tain new varieties. These if sown as soon after being ripe as they 

 are sufficiently dry and hardened, will vegetate, the ensuing 

 spring ; but if kept out of the ground till that period, very few of 

 them will come up for a full year after. For the method of sowing 

 the seeds, Sec. see the Flower-garden for next month. 



Projutgating Fibrous-rooted Perennial Plants. 



Most of the early flowering, fibrous-rooted plants, whose flow- 

 er-stems had been cut down in June or July, will some time in this 

 month, have thrown up new suckers from the roots ; then such 

 may be carefully taken off, and planted in nursery-beds ; or the 

 \yhole roots may towards the end of the month be taken up and di- 



