Apr.] Flower Garden. 26'i- 



But it muft be fown in the firft or fecond week in the 

 month, otherwife the plants will not get itrength enough 

 to flower next year. 



Let this feed be fown on a border of light earth, not 

 much expofed to the fun ; fow it pretty thick, and rake 

 it in lightly with an even. hand- 

 When the plants come up, keep them clean from weeds^ 

 and in July or AuguA prick them out on a fhady border, 

 three inches afunder, giving them fome water. 



Such polyanthufes as were raifed laft year from feed will, 

 many of them, be now in bloom, and fhould be carefully 

 looked over, and the beil flowers fhould be marked, in order, 

 to their being tranfplanted in a place by themfelves. 



Management of Pots of Perennial Plants in general.. 



Give frelh earth toall fuchpots ofpcrrenial plants as were* 

 not dreifed and new earthed in March. The method is this : 



Firft loofen the earth. on the top, and down round the fides 

 of the pots a little way ; then take out the loofe earth> and 

 clear away all decayed leaves from the plants : this done, 

 fill up the pots again with fome rich, new compoft, and: 

 then give the whole a gentle watering. 



The plants will receive great benefit from this dreffing ;, 

 and where it was not done in March, it fliould not be put 

 oiF longer than the beginning of this month. 



Or plants in fmall pots, or fuch as Hand in needof fhift— 

 ing into larger pots and frefh earth, may flill have that 

 work performed early in the month ; in doing which, turn, 

 each plant out of its prefent pot with the ball of earth en- 

 tire, trim the outfide roots, and pare away fome of the old 

 earth, and having frefh mould in the new pot, place ther 

 plant therein, fill up with more new earth, and give water. 



Remember, in dry weather, to fupply all plants in pots with., 

 water: this is a material article, and fhould not be omitted.. 



Tranfplanting fibrous-rioted Perennial Plants, 

 Where perennial plants are wanted in any part, they may. 

 yet be planted : but this fhould be done the beginning of 

 the month. 



The forts which will yet fucceed are,, goldenrods, Mi- 

 chaelmas dailies, perennialafters, and perennial fun-flowers ;. 

 alfo Canterbury bells, columbines, Greek valerian, fca- 

 bioufes, campanulas, catch-fly, rofe campion, jockets, lych- 

 K 5^ nifes. 



