1 54 The P l e a s u r e^ or [Mar* 



proportioning the depth of the drill to the fize of the par- 

 ticular feeds, fo that each kind can be more regulai^iy co- 

 vered with the proper depth of earth it requires ; but, al- 

 though this pradice is very proper for tlie larger kinds of 

 feeds, fuch as hollyhocks, &c. yet the fmaller feeds may 

 be fown by broad-caft on the (urface of the beds ; then 

 tread in the feeds, and rake the ground fmooth. Or 5^0 u 

 may pradlife the following method: fiift rake the fur- 

 face of the bed fmooth, then, with the back of the rake, 

 turn the depth of a quarter, or half an inch of eart^?, 

 equally cff the furface of the beds into the alley ;• then 

 fow the feed, and, with the teeth of the rake, draw the 

 earth back again evenly over the feed. 



When the weather is dry, fprinkle the beds frequently 

 with water, but efpecially when the plants begin to ap- 

 pear, and the plants will be fit to be pricked out in May 

 June. 



For it mu.^ be obferved, that all the r.bove, and other 

 perennial and biennial plants rat fed from feed, are to be 

 tranfplanted, firil pricking them out from .the feed-bed 

 about the end of May, and in June, (fee thefe months,) 

 and then, about Michaelmas, to be tranfplanted to where 

 they are to remain to flov/er. 



Dig the Bordcvs^ 



Dig fuch borders or other parts of this gard^rr, as are 

 not yet done, and rake them fmooth ; they will then be 

 ready to receive the feeds of annual flowers, and plants erf 

 others ; bef.ies, they will appear freih and neat. 



^ranf pi anting Perennial Plants. 



Where there are vacancies in any of the beds, borders^ 

 or other parts of this garden, they may now be filled up 

 with jnanv diiierent kinds of fiower plants, which wiil 

 yet fuccee'd, if planted foon in the month. 



1'he principal forts proper to plant now, are lychnifes,. 

 rofe-campions, rockets, catchfly, campanulas, carnations, 

 pinks, and fvveet-wiiliaras, both double and fmgle ; ba- 

 chelors-buttons, and double fever-few ; golden-rod, pe- 

 rennial fun-flowers, perennial afters, and French honey- 

 fuckles ; alfo columbines, Canterbury bells, monks-hood, 

 fox-gloves, tree-primrofes, and moil: others of the like 

 fort. Sec the Flovjer Garden for September, 



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