14^ The Pleasure^ cr [Mar. 



when the great heat is over, let the earth be put in ; let 

 the earth be light and rich, and perfedly dry, and lay it 

 equally over the bed fix inches thick. When the earth is 

 warm, prick the plants therein at three or four inches 

 diflance each way, and give them a little fprinkling of 

 water; then let the glaffes be put on, obferving to raife 

 them a liitle every day to let out the ileam ; ihade the 

 plants from the fun till they have taken frcfh root. 



When the plants are rooted, and begin to pufh, they 

 fliould have frefh air tvery day; therefore, let the upper 

 ends of the glafles be raifed an inch, or two or three in 

 height, to admit it to them, but fhut them down towards 

 the evening, and cover them on cold nights with mats ; 

 remember to fprinkle them with water frequently, giving 

 but a little at each time. 



Solving tender Annitah* 



A hot-bed may be made the- beginning or any time of 

 this month, to low the feeds of any kinds of tender annual 

 flowers in, fuchas cockfcomb, amaranthus tricolor, double 

 balfamine, globe-amaranthus, ice-plant, fehfitive-plant, 

 ^c. Make the bed in every refpeft as direc^led in the for- 

 mer month. The fame kind of feeds may be fown. For 

 the different forts fee^/r/7, and the Catalogue oi Plants. 



The plants raifed from this fowing may be brought for- 

 ward to blow llrong and beautiful in July, and will con- 

 tinue till the froll deftroys them. 



Pvcmember they are not to remain in the hot-bed where 

 raifed, but are to to be trafplanted, fome into pots, and 

 fome into the borders. See the work of Jpril, May 3 and 

 June. 



Solving lefs'tender or hardier kinds of Annuals. 

 A flight hot-bed fhould be made in the fecond or third 

 week of this month, wherein to fowthe feeds of the lefs- 

 tender or hardier kinds of annual flowers. Such as the feeds 

 of China after, India pink, marvel of Peru, balfam, palma 

 Chrifti, capficum, mignonette, bafil, French and African 

 marigolds, and ten-week ftocks, chryfanthemum, tree and 

 purple amaranthus, perncarias, love-apple, fcabioufes, 

 convolvulus major, ftramoniums, and Chinefe hollyhocks, 

 with feveral other forts. See the work oi April. 



Obferve, they are only to be raifed in the hot-bed, and 

 afterwards tranfplanted. 



Make 



