Ihe Gardtner's Nlw Dirvctor. 319 



Diyeclions for the manncinc the Aiuicuh, os Lid doiin by 

 Mi-rBulten. 



January. TV the wcPthcr is ope-n, llic triiiTcs.Avill foon 

 ^ appear, when you aie to (.arth up your pot?, 

 obferving to give a gentle fall to the earth fiom the plant, 

 to the rim oT the pot, below which it fhould be a Imall 

 matter, in order to retain the water now given them, 

 which is not to touch the phnt ; they are then to be pla- 

 ced under hoops, about fix rows deep, the hoops are to 

 rife 14 inches above the pots, when a broad mat will co- 

 ver tliem on both fides; which is to be laid on every 

 night ; let not any rain or fnov/ come to them ; and when 

 the frofl: encreafes, double your covering, but never ufe 

 lliaw or ptaie haulm, &c. as they bring vermin ; let the 

 fituaiion for your Hmvers be warm, and where they will 

 enjoy the wiiiter fun, having the prote£lion of a hedge, 

 pale, or wall, from cold winds. 



The frame of which we have jufl: given a dcfcription, 

 Vfill very well anfwer the purpofejand lave much trouble. 

 February. You are to attend to the former month's 

 directions, and to indulge them with warm rains provided 

 they are not too great ; continue to cover every night, 

 keeping clear of vermin; lake off fuch dead leaves, as 

 come off eafily, w hich they will do when pcrfetlly de- 

 cayed, and no other. Such feed as you would chufe to 

 fow at this feafon, muft be put down in pots or boxes of 

 light rich earth, to be placed where they may have 

 the morning fun until Aprils but the latter end o^ Auguji 

 is the time I would chiefly recommend for this work. 



March. Let your plfints have fuch Ihowers as (all, 

 but as the air is frequently very dry, water about four 

 o'clock in the evening without the rofe, that the water 

 may run round the pot without touching the plant, a lit- 

 tle of whit.h they fliould not want : Should too many heads 

 appear on your plants, flip fuch off as will not wound, 

 or too much difturb the roots, when your main trufs will 

 blow the better; the heads you flip ofi" are to be put into 

 /"mall pots, but 1 would advife their being fct round 



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