Apr.] Flower Garden. 195 



The hot-bed being ready, then take up the plants very 

 carefully ouf of their prefent bed, with a ball of earth, or 

 as much as will conveniently adhere about their roots, 

 and plant them in the new bed, about fix inches diiliant 

 each way ; then give them a light watering, to feule the 

 earth properly about their roots ; directly put on the 

 glaiTes, and let the plants be fhaded from the fun till they 

 have taken frefh root. This muft be done by throwing a fingle 

 mat over the glafTes, at thofe hours when the fun is fo pow- 

 erful as to occafion the plants to flag. Obferve to raife 

 the glafTes a little way, every day, to let the ileam of the 

 bed pafs freely off; and if there fhould be much fteaoi in 

 the bed, let rhe glalTes be alfo raifed a little, at one corner, 

 a-n'ights, and hang a mat before the place ; and when the 

 plants have gotten root, and begin to pufh, let them have 

 frelh air freely, every mild and calm day, for this wiU 

 llrengthen them. The air is to be admitted to thefe plants, 

 by raiiing the upper eiids of the lights a moderate height, 

 with props : but mull be fhut down every night, provided 

 there be no great fteam, and a mat or tv/o fprcad over 

 them. 



Remember to refrefli the plants often with moderate vv^a- 

 terings, for it v/ill greatly promote their growth. 



When the plants have advanced in height near to the 

 ^lafles, then let the frame be raifed at bottom, about fiK : 

 inches, in order to give them full liberty to fhoot ; and as 

 the plants rife higher, continue to raife the frame accord- 

 ingly, in the manner as direcled in the work of next month. 

 At each time of raiting the frame, you muft obierve to 

 clofe up the vacancy at bottom, which may be done by 

 nailing mats to the bottom of the frame. 



For the particular method of managing the above frame, 

 fee the work of May. 



Bat where there is the convenience of a multiplying 

 drawing frame, for the purpofe of drawing combs and tri- 

 colors, and other curious annual plants, to a due height,it 

 will be a great advantage. 



This frame is compofcd of two, three, or more different 

 frames, all made very exadtly the fame length and breadth;- 

 and each about nine or ten inches deep, except the frame - 

 for the glafTes, and that muft be twelve inches deep in front, 

 and eighteen at the back. Thefe frames muft all be made 

 to fit in a very exad manner, fo as to iix one on the top of 

 K 2 another 



