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Tangier. — Pba, winged, pea crown, whitc- 

 blossoiined crown, painted lady crown, rose- 

 eoloured. — Persioarku oriental, red-flowered, 

 white-flowered, poppy, large double purple, 

 double red, white variegated, red and white 

 -potted carnation, dwarf red, dwarf purple, 

 dwarf variegated, double and single of all the 

 different sorts. — Queen's Balm. — Scabious, pur- 

 ple, sweet, red-flowered, white-striped, hen- 

 and-chieken-rlowered, stony-flowered. — Snail 

 Trefoil. — Slock Gilli flower, ten weeks, purple- 

 flmvfered, red, white, scarlet, dwarf, French, 

 wail-flower-leaved, white. — Stock Virgin, pur- 

 ple, white. — Snap-Dragon, annual, with white 

 flowers, purple flowers, major or greater, with 

 red flowers, purple, white, yellow, scarlet, red 

 and white, purple and white, red and yellow, 

 white and red, yellow and red, yellow and white, 

 scarlet, gold-dotted. — Strawberry Spi?iach, sun- 

 flower, annual, tall-growing dwarf, double- 

 flowered of each sort. — Sii'eet Sultan, purple, 

 red, white, yellow. — Toad-Jlax, three-leaved 

 yellow, three-leaved purple, three-leaved blue, 

 variegated, white, branching yellow, Tobacco, 

 hardy round-leaved, Virginia long-leaved, Vir- 

 ginia broad-leaved. — Virginia, or Virgin Stock. 

 — Vmus's Looking-glass, purple, white. — Ve- 

 nus's Navel-wort, blue-flowered. — Xeranthe- 

 mum, or Eternal Flower, red, white, purple, 

 double-flowered. 



The usual season for sowing all these sorts of 

 plants is in the spring, from the middle or latter 

 end of February to the middle or latter end of 

 April, for the principal blow ; and in May and 

 the following month for successional and late 

 flowering; especially those of the quick flower- 

 ing kimis, whjch arc of short duration. 



The manner of sowing these sorts is princi- 

 pally in little patches or clumps. These patches 

 should be formed from about three or four, to 

 five, six, or eight inches in diameter, at mode- 

 rate distances, and in some sort of regularity, 

 towards the front, middle, and back parts of 

 the borders ox beds, and also in a varied manner 

 in respect to the plants ; the smaller growing 

 sorts being constantly sown more or less towards 

 the fronts of the borders, according to their de- 

 grees of growth, and the larger kinds more 

 backwards in the same proportion. Some 

 may likewise be occasionally sown in pots; 

 in all of which, each sort anil variety should 

 be in separate patches, &c. from a quarter of an 

 inch to half an inch or an inch in depth, or 

 little more, according to the sizes of the dif- 

 ferent sorts of seeds ; being careful to loosen 

 and break the earth a little, so as to render it fine 

 for each patch, especially if hard, stubborn, or 

 cloddy; then drawing off a little depth of mould, 



according to circumstances, to one side, sow 

 the seeds many or few together in the patches, 

 proportionately to the sizes of the plants, cover- 

 ing them regularly with the earth drawn aside to 

 the depth required ; and proceed in this manner, 

 always placing a small short stick or some other 

 mark to each patch as the sowing is performed, 

 in order to distinguish the places in which they 

 have been put in. Some may also be occasion- 

 ally sown in drills, either in beds separately, or 

 in the borders. 



After sowing, if it be dry warm weather, it 

 will be beneficial to give occasional light water- 

 ings, both before and after the plants are come 

 up, especially during their more early growth. 

 And when they are come up about an inch or 

 two in height, those in the patches will, in manv 

 of the large tall sorts, require thinning. 



In the advancing growth of the plants, the 

 principal culture necessary is to keep them clean 

 from weeds ; and where any large sorts remain 

 too close, or crowded together, to thin them ac- 

 cording to their growth ; and in the larger tall- 

 growing kinds, to support them with sticks, as 

 also most of the climbing or trailing sorts. 



If it be required to have any desirable sorts of 

 these annuals of moderate growth to flower 

 early, they may be forwarded by sowing the seeds 

 in pots in February or March, and placing them 

 in a hot-bed, or more successfully in a hot- 

 house, &c. 



As all the plants of this tribe generally pro- 

 duce plenty of ripe seed in autumn, care should 

 be taken to save proper supplies of the different 

 best sorts, as they ripen in perfection, in order to 

 have plenty for sowing the ensuing spring. 



Tender Annuals. — This class comprises va- 

 rious tender curious flowering plants, mostly 

 raised in hot-beds. The principal of them are 

 contained in the following list : — African Ma- 

 rigold, orange-coloured, lemon-coloured, deep 

 yellow, fistulous or quilled, waved-flowered, 

 dwarf, sweet-scented, double-flowered of each 

 sort. — Amaranthis, *grcater or tree, *bloody- 

 trailing, or love lies bleeding. — *Balsam, red, 

 scarlet, purple, striped, variegated, double. — 

 * Basil, common, greater, upright, sweet, with 

 broad-leaves, fringed-leaved, purple-leaved, tri- 

 color-leaved, red-flowered, purple-flowered, 

 long-spiked, &c. least, or bush Basil, with 

 hoary leaves, dark purple-leaved, variable-leaved, 

 &x. — Calendula, or Cape Marigold. — *Caf>si- 

 cum, long- podded, short-podded, heart-podded, 

 bell-podded, angular-podded, cherry-podded, 

 olive-podded, red-podded, scarlet-podded, yel- 

 low-podded. — CAjaaaster, blue-flowered, purple, 

 red, white, striped, variegated, bonnet-flowered, 

 quillcd-flowered, double "and single of each sort, 



