3IO The Gardener's Nkw Director, 

 obferve to lift ihe bulbs in five or fix weeks at leaft, after 

 their flowers arc quite faded (ripening and managing them, 

 as I have already directed under the article of Hya- 

 cinths) otherwife, their roots will rot by a fuper-abundant 

 nourifliment. On the other hand, fhould they be lii'ted 

 too !oon, their growth will be checked, fo that they will 

 produce but a weak flower. 



It is neceflary to obferve, that the earlieil forts fliouKl 

 be planted four or five inches deep; but the late blowers 

 no more than two and an half: This caiition is necefTarv, 

 as the lateft blowers are longer in ftriking their fibres 

 than the early, and (hould they have more covering they 

 would not appear, and more fo as tJiey have an additi- 

 onal covering in winter. This deplh encourages their 

 early appearance in the fpring for blowing; which is of 

 lingular ufe, as it forwards their lifting, which prevents 

 their rotting, or degenerating : This depth alfo encou- 

 rages their ofF-fets to be more numerous, and every way 

 better than if they were planted deeper. 



Let me here add two flowers, that are much eileem- 

 ed in the London gardens, the firfi: is called the Refeda 

 A^^gyptiaca minor floribiis odoratijjimis,o\- yellow flowering 

 jEgyptian Bajiard Rocket, with moil fweet fmeliing flow- 

 ers. This is an annual, and mufl: be fovvn in March up- 

 on a hot-bed, and when the plants have acquired flrength, 

 fhould be put upon another hot-bed, to bring them on, 

 tim\ may then be potted, and placed in roonis, to per- 

 fume tliem with their fragrant odours (which refembles 

 the fcent of a ripe rafpberry,) or they may be planted 

 into warm borders, where they will feed well ; and if 

 you have a moderate flove, they will flower as well as 

 feed there in the winter. This plant is named in the 

 Dutch catalogues, by the unintelligible name of Gingaboy 

 but in London, it is called the M:gnion, or Minion-stte 

 d''Mgypte. The other flower is the Rapuntium fiore vuixi- 

 mo coccineo Jpicato, or red cardinal flower: There is alfo 

 a blue of this plant, but the red-flower is preferable, 

 as it excels all others in the richnefs of its colour. The 

 feed is to be fown in pots filled with undunged, light, 

 frefh virgin earth, to be covered very lightly; and in 

 cold weather, to be fet under bell-glniles, fuffering tliem 

 to have fun until eleven in the fo:enoon only, watering 



them 



