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thofe that have but one ordinary colour, fnould be moftl/ 

 planted in the borders, among other low flowering plants; 

 and thoie which are planted in pots, Ibould in the follow- 

 ing year's bloom be again examined, when you will be 

 more able to judge of their properties ; and thofe of them 

 that do not meric a place among ftage flowers, ihould be 

 tranfplanted into the common borders; for none but fuck 

 as are real good flowers, fnould be placed on the flage. 



Bahn of G lie ad. 



This is the tim.e to fow feeds of balm of Gilead ; thefe 

 plants are of the perennial kind, and the items and leaves 

 remain all the year if protetSled in winter ; are much 

 efteemed for the agreeable fcent of their leaves, and make 

 very proper furniture for the beds and borders of this 

 garden ; their ftems rifmg two or three feet high, they 

 make a handfome appearance. 



The feeds may be fown either on a hot-bed, or in a bed 

 or border of natural eiirth, in a warm fituation ; but it 

 will be molt advifeable to fow them on a moderate hot- 

 bed, as the plants railed by this method will be brought 

 greatly forv/ard in the fpring : they may be fown in any 

 common hot-bed, obferving the fame method of fowing the 

 feed, and managing the plants, as direded for the lefs- 

 tender or hardier forts of annual plants fuch as China 

 alter, India pink, African and French marigold, &c. 



The balm of Gilead may likewife be propagated by cut- 

 tings of the ftalks, and that where there have been plants 

 preferved in frames, oringreen-houf^s, all winter^ fome of 

 them will have ftalks proper for that operation ; or, if they 

 are not now furnifned with ftalks, they will have produced 

 ftrong ones by the middle of June, when you ihould cut 

 fome of the flrongeft off, and divide them into lengths of fix 

 inches, and plant them either in large pots feveral in each, 

 and may be placed in a hot-bed to expedite their rooting ; 

 or, plant them in pots in the open air, in the fhade, or in 

 a fliady border, four or five inches afunder, giving water- 

 ings ; and they will readily take root, and be fit to tranf- 

 plant in two months. 



When intended to preferve the plants all winter, they 

 mull be potted in order to be placed either in a green-houfe, 

 or in a garden frame, and defended occafionally with the 

 -glaffes and other covering in fevcre weather. 



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