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the effects of the sun in hot weather, and giving 

 them a gentle watering now and then. In about 

 six weeks the plants will show themselves, when 

 they should be kept perfectly free from weeds 

 till the leaves begin to decay, when a covering 

 of light sifted mould should be again applied, 

 and another in the autumn may sometimes be 

 required. During the winter they should be 

 well protected from the frosts. In the second 

 summer many of the plants will flower, and the 

 best mav be marked by a slick ; but none should 

 be destroyed till the third year. At this period 

 the roots will begin to be too thick, and at the 

 decay of the leaves must of course be taken up, 

 which is best done by passing the mould through 

 a fine sieve. And as when sown in beds many 

 roots will be unavoidably left, they should be 

 levelled, and suffered to remain till the follow- 

 ing year. The roots that have heeii separated 

 should be preserved, as before directed, for fu- 

 ture planting. 



These are all highly ornamental plants, ca- 

 pable of being employed with much effect in 

 pleasure-grounds : many of them are hardv, 

 flower early, and produce great variety in such 

 situations. The wood sorts are very useful in 

 adorning wilderness quarters. The double sorts, 

 when in beds, afford much beauty and variety: 



In the Pulsatilla kinds the propagation may be 

 accomplished either by the seed or dividing the 

 roots. In the first method the seeds should be 

 sown in boxes or pots filled with very light sandy 

 earth, and not covered too deep with mould, 

 which will prevent their rising, as they require 

 no more than just to be covered. The boxes 

 should be placed where they may have the ad- 

 vantage of the morning sun, but be screened 

 from it in the heat of the day ; and when the 

 season is dry the earth be refreshed occasionally 

 with water. The best time for sowing is in July 

 or August, soon after the seed is ripened ; as 

 by keeping its vegetative power is apt to be de- 

 stroyed. The boxes or pots should remain in 

 such shady situations until the beginning of Oc- 

 tober, when they may be moved so as to enjoy 

 the full sun during the winter season. In 

 March, when the plants begin to appear, they 

 should be again removed so as to have only the 

 forenoon sun ; for if they are too much exposed 

 to heat the young plants are soon destroyed. 

 They should be refreshed, occasionally with wa- 

 ter in dry weather, and be carefully kept clean 

 from weeds. 



When the leaves are entirely decayed, the 

 roots should be taken up in the manner directed 

 above ; and as there will be many small roots 

 left, the earth should cither be returned into the 

 boxes again, or spread upon a bed of light earth, 



to see what plants may rise the succeeding year. 

 The roots after being thus taken up should be- 

 immediately replanted in beds of light freslv 

 sandy earth, about three or four inche; asunder ; 

 covering them about three inches thick with the 

 same light earth. The spring following most of 

 the plants will produce flowers, but not so large 

 or fair as in the succeeding years. As the roots 

 of these plants are fleshy, and generally run 

 down deep, they will not bear to be kept long 

 out of the ground ; therefore, when they arc re- 

 moved, it should be done early in the autumn, 

 that they may take fresh root before the frost 

 sets in. 



In this mode of propagation the plants thrive 

 best in loamy soil ; as in very light dry ground 

 they arc apt to be destroyed by too much 

 heat. 



These are plants that afford variety in the bor- 

 ders of pleasure-grounds, especially the first spe- 

 cies and its varieties, which are hardy, suc- 

 ceeding in almost any situation. 



In the hepatica kind the propagation may be 

 effected in the single sorts cither by the seed or 

 the parting of the roots ; but in the double it 

 can only be done by the latter method. The 

 seed of the single flowers frequently, however, 

 produces double ones. New varieties are like- 

 wise raised in the former manner. 



In the first method the most proper season for 

 sowing the seeds is in the beginning of August, 

 either in pots or boxes of light earth, which 

 should be placed so as to have only the morning 

 sun until October, when they should be re- 

 moved into the full sun to remain during the 

 winter season : but in March, when the young 

 plants begin to appear, they must be removed 

 again to a shady situation, and in dry weather 

 be frequently watered ; when about the begin- 

 ning of August they will be fit to be trans- 

 planted : at which time prepare a border of good 

 fresh loamy earth, with an eastern aspect ;. into 

 which remove the plants, placing them about 

 six inches distance each way, closing the earth 

 pretty well to their roots to prevent the worms 

 from drawing them out of the ground. In the 

 spring following they begin to show their flowers ; 

 but it is three years before they flower strong, 

 till which time their goodness cannot be ascer- 

 tained : when if any double flowers, or such as 

 are of a different colour from the common sorts, 

 be found, they should be taken up and planted 

 in the borders, where they should continue at 

 least two years before they are taken up or 

 parted ; as it is remarkable in these plants, that 

 where they are often removed and parted they 

 are very apt to die ; but when they are permitted 

 to remain some years undisturbed, they grow 



