150 The Pleasure, er [Mar. 



Hardy annual Floivers. 



Sow in the borders and other parts of the garden, the 

 feeds of all forts of hardy annual fiowers. The forts are 

 large and dv/arf annual fun-flower, oriental mallow, lava- 

 tera, Venice mallow, larkfpur, flos Adonis, fweet fultan, 

 large fiefh coloured and blue and yellow lupines.. Sow 

 alfo convolvulus major, fweet-fcented and Tangier peas, 

 and naflurtiums. Likewife fow the feeds of the Spanifl^ 

 nigella, purple and white candy-turft, Venus looking- 

 glafs, Venus navel-wort, dwarf double poppy, Lobel's 

 catchfly, dwarf annual lychnis, fnails, caterpillars, and 

 convolvulus minor, and fome others. See n.ext month. 



All the above kinds of hardy annual flower feeds fliould 

 be fown, each kind feparate, in patches in the different 

 borders, and in the manner mentioned in the former 

 month. The plants muiV remain to flower, in the places 

 where they were fown, for they do not well bear tranf- 

 planting ; therefore, when they come up, l«t them be 

 thinned where they have rifen too tliick i water the 

 patciies in dry weather, both before and after the plan:s 

 are come up. 



Giving freJJj Earth to Plants in Pots, 



Give fome frefh earth, to the pots of double wall -flowers, 

 double flock July flowers, double fvvect-williams, rot:kets, 

 rofe campions, catchfly, campanulas, and fcarlet lychnis,, 

 and fuch like ph.nts, which were potted fail autumn, or 

 before, and were not drefled laft month. 



In doing this, clean the plants firft from decayed leaves, 

 then take fome of the earth out of the t«p of the pots, 

 but take care not to go fo deep as to difplace the roots of 

 the plants ; then fill up the pots again with frefli earth, 

 and give them fome water ; this will flrengthen their 

 roots, and the plants v/lU fhoot freely, and produce large 

 flowers. 



Chryfanthemiirns, 



The cuttings of double chryfanthemums, which were 

 planted in boxes or pots laft autumn, and preferved all 

 winter in frames, &c. fliould now be. planted out fingly in 

 the pots where they are to flower j fome of them may be 

 planted out next month in the borders among other flowers, 



where 



