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— Chinese Holly-hock, variegated, double. — 

 Chrysanthemum, yellow, white, cream-coloured, 

 sulphur-coloured, fistular or quilled, double and 

 single of each sort. — Convolvulus, major, with 

 deep purple flowers, red, blue, white, deep blue. 

 — Cucumber, snake-shaped. — *Egg Plant, or 

 Melongena, white-fruited, purple-fruited. — 

 French Marigold, deep yellow, golden yellow, 

 crimson-coloured velvety crimson and yellow- 

 striped, variegated crimson and yellow, sweet- 

 scented dwarf, double and single of each 

 sort. — Gourd, orange, pear-shaped, striped pear- 

 shaped, lemon top-shaped, bottle or calabash 

 buckler-shaped squash, carbuncled, warted, long 

 taper, long crooked, horn-shaped, large barrel- 

 shaped, large globular, large oval, hemisphe- 

 rical, yellow, stone-coloured, flesh-coloured, 

 sandy-coloured, parti-coloured, white, £ce. — 

 *Globe Amaranthus, purple-headed, white, va- 

 riegated, silver-spiked. — Indian Corn, tall-grow- 

 ing, dwarf. — Indian Pink, bright red, purple, 

 white, red and white variegated, differently va- 

 riegated, numerous, large imperial, double and 

 single of each sort. — *Love-Apple, red-fruited, 

 yellow-fruited, cherry-shaped. — * Marvel of 

 Peru, red-flowered, yellow, white, purple, 

 striped, long-tubed-flowered. — *Melon, snake- 

 shaped, serpent cucumber. — Mignonette, sweet- 

 scented. — Nolana, trailing blue. — *Palma 

 Christi, major, or tall-growing, minor or les- 

 ser, most broad-leaved, lesser-leaved. — Persi- 

 caria, oriental, red-flowered, white. — Sultan 

 F/ouer, yellow. — Stock Gilli flower, ten weeks, 

 red, purple, white scarlet, dwarf scarlet, 

 dwarf white, wall flower-leaved white, wall 

 flower-leaved purple^ double of each sort. — 

 Tobacco, Virginia long-leaved, Virginia broad- 

 leaved. — *Tree Amaranthus. — *Zinnia, red- 

 flowered, yellow-flowered. 



In respect to the culture of the more tender 

 annuals, they should be either sown in a mode- 

 rate hot-bed in March or April, and the young 

 plants forwarded a little in growth therein till 

 settled warm weather in the middle or latter end 

 of May, and then transplanted out, or sown in 

 a bed of natural earth, or warm border, in 

 April, protected under a garden frame, or glasses, 

 or at least defended in cold nights by garden 

 mats; and in either method transplanted in May 

 or beginning of June into beds, borders, pots, 

 &c. in the flower and pleasure-garden, for flow- 

 ering in summer and autumn. But where the 

 convenience of a hot-bed is attainable, it is al- 

 ways advisable to raise a principal supply by that 

 means for early transplanting and flowering, as 

 portions of the different sorts may be sown and 

 raised in the same hot-bed, making the bed or 

 beds in March or the beginning of April, and 



defending them with a frame and lights, hand- 

 glasses, or other means, in cold nights and bad 

 weather. A moderate hot-bed of about two 

 feet thick in dung will in this case be sufficient, 

 earthing it at top, five or six inches deep, with 

 fine rich mould ; in which sow the seeds in small 

 drills crossways, drawn with the finger two or 

 three inches asunder, from half an inch to an 

 inch in depth, according to the size of the dif- 

 ferent sorts of seeds, which should be sown re- 

 gularly, each sort separately, and covered in 

 evenly with the earth the same depth, giving 

 them air occasionally in the day-time; and, as 

 they advance in growth, admitting gradually a 

 larger portion to strengthen and harden them, 

 occasionally giving; also gentle waterings. Con- 

 tinue the care of die young plants in this man- 

 ner until advanced two or three inches in growth, 

 when it will be proper to prick out a quantity of 

 the principal sorts into another moderate hot- 

 bed, three, four, or five inches asunder, and 

 others into natural beds of light earth, under 

 frames and glasses, or to be defended occasion- 

 ally by mats. They may however in general be 

 pricked out in the middle or latter end of May 

 into natural beds in the open ground ; being 

 watered at the time, and afterwards occasion- 

 ally; and shaded with mats from the sun, if 

 convenient, till the plants have taken fresh root ; 

 observing also to give those in the hot-beds and 

 under glasses less or more air every mild day. 



When in three, four, or five weeks, in either 

 of these beds, they have acquired a tolerable de- 

 gree of strength and size, as four, five, or six 

 inches growth or more, according to the dif- 

 ference of the sorts, they should all be finally 

 transplanted about the latter end of May and be- 

 ginning of June into the open ground on the 

 beds, borders, and other compartments, or into 

 pots, to remain for flowering, taking the oppor- 

 tunity of moist weather, if possible, for the 

 work. Where convenient, some sorts should be 

 replanted, with a little ball of earth adhering 

 about the roots, as it will be of great advantage 

 in their more early flowering ; watering them as 

 soon as planted out, and afterwards as occasion 

 may require till freshly rooted, and they discover 

 signs of a renewal of growth. 



Where any of the plants have remained in the 

 seed-bed not pricked out, as they may probably 

 have drawn one another up into a weakly- 

 growth, care should be taken to plant them out 

 in May, as soon as the weather is settled and 

 favourably temperate, especially the more tender 

 kinds that are marked with an asterisk. 



Ten-week Stocks and Mignonette may be 

 sown in a hot-bed so early as February, or any 

 time in March, in order to raise a few plants ta 



