d4- The Pleasure, or [May, 



fix inches higher than the lurface of the fioor or top of the 



The pots are to be placed upon tliis, plunging them 

 to their rims in earth, as before mentioned j but if the bed 

 be made of tan, plunge them therein, having no occalion 

 for earth upon fuch beds to plunge the pots in. 



Prick out curious An7iuals n>jhich 'were /o--wn laji Month. 



Where any of the above curious annual plants, fuch aa 

 combs, tricolors, &c. were fown laft month, they i(hould 

 now be pricked out. 



They muil be pricked out on a hot-bed, obferving the 

 method direded in the former months. 



Lefs-^tender, or Hardier annual Flo^ujcr-plants. 



Plant out the lefs-tender or hardier annuals into the 

 natural ground ; this may be done any time after the mid- 

 dle of the month, if the weather is fettled in tolerably 

 warm, taking advantage of a rnoill feafon. 



Thofe which were pricked out laft month on a flight hot- 

 bed as there direded, will be arrived to a good fize for 

 planting out towards the latter end of the month. 



The African and French marigold, and chryfanthe* 

 mums, are of thefe kinds ; alfo the marvel of Peru, China 

 after, Indian pink, ten-week ftock, and the common 

 kinds of balfams, capficums, and mignionette ; likewifs 

 perficaria, and the tree and purple arnaranthufes ^ fcabi- 

 oufes, egg-plant, love-apples, and Chinefe hollyhocks. 



AH thefe may now be planted out in the beds, borders, 

 and other parts of the pleafure garden, and they will make 

 ah agreeable appearance in two months time. 



Let them, be planted out in a ftiowery or moift time ^ 

 and in an evening, after four or five o'clock, is the beft 

 time of the day to plant them. Be fare not to remove 

 them in dry hot weather ; for if that was done, not one 

 plant in ten would fucceed. 



Take particular care in plantlrig them, to mix the dif- 

 ferent forts in a proper manner, fo that there may be a 

 variety of flowers in every part; and as foon as they are 

 planted, let them all be moderately watered. 



If the weather proves dry, the waterings muft be re- 

 peated, at leaft once every other evening, till the plants 

 have taken root. 



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