84 The Pleasure, or [Feb. 



evQvy warm funny day ; and when advancing towards 

 ripening, encourage a ftrong heat by the fun in the mid- 

 dle of the day, by admitting lefs or more air in propor- 

 tion to forward its maturity, and promote a rich flavour. 



When the fruit is all gathered, remove all the glaiTes, 

 to admit the full air to the trees till next forcing feafon. 



In the above forcing departments may alfo place pots of 

 currants^ goofeberi ies, rafpberries, and flrawberries. 



. The Pleasure, cr Flower Garden. 



Tender Jnnual Floivers. 



ABOUT the middle, or towards the latter end of this 

 month, it will be time to begin to prepare for fov/- 

 i^ig fome of the more curious kinds of annuals. 



The choiceft kinds are, the double balfams, cockf- 

 combs, and tricolors, the globe aramanthus, marvel of 

 Peru, diamond ficoides, or ice-plant, egg-plant, flramo- 

 nium, browallia, Szc. (See next month.) All thefe re- 

 quire the alMance of a hot-bed to bring them forward, 

 in order that they may blow early, and in fome tolerable 

 perfeftion. 



I'herefore, about the middle of this month, provide 

 fome new horfe-dung, and let it be thrown up in a heap ; 

 and in eight or ten days, it will be in good condition to 

 make the bed. Let the bed be made about two feet and 

 a half thick of dung, making the top level, and then 

 fet on the frame and glafs. When the burning heat of 

 the bed is over, lay on the earth, obferving, that for this 

 tife, it muft be rich, light, and perfedly dry, and rauil 

 be broken pretty fmall, by rubbing it between the hands ; 

 the depth of earth on the bed muil be about five or fix 

 inches, making the furface level and fmooth. 



The fe3d muit either be fown on the furface, obferving 

 to fow each fort feparate, and cover them about a quarter 

 of an inch deep, with light earth, that hath been fifted ; 

 or you may draw L-me (hallow drills with your finger, 

 from the back to the front of the bed, and fow the feeds 

 therein, and cover them as above, or may fow them in pots. 



When the plants appear, admit frefh air to them every 

 day, when the weathei is any thing mild ; and let them 



have. 



