May.] Flower Garden. 243 



But where thofe annuals of the above kinds were not 

 pricked out laft month on a hot-bed, or elfewhere, it may 

 now be done; or fbme of the iLrongell or more hardy, may 

 at once be planted out for good in the borders, or other- 

 wife ; prick the whole firft out from the feed-bed into a 

 nurfery-bed of rich earth, in the common ground, there 

 to remain for a month, to get ftrength, and then to be 

 planted out for good in the borders. 



The nurfery-beds, in which to prick thefe plants no\V 

 from the feed- bed, iliould be about forty inches broad; 

 rake the furface fmooth, and put in the plants about four 

 cr five inches diftant each way, and water them. 



Then it would be a great advantage to place fome hoops 

 acrofs the beds, and let mats be drawn over them occafion- 

 ally, to ihade the plants from the fun, till they are rooted j 

 and the mais may alfo be ufed in cold nights to ihelier the 

 plants. 



There is a great deal of advantage in pricking thefe plants 

 out timeoully in this manner froin the feed-bed, becaufe 

 they can be very conveniently watered and fhaded from the 

 fcorching fun till they have taken good root and acquired 

 ftrength; andean bealfooccafionaliyflieltered in cold nights 

 till they are ftrong;, and hardened by degrees to bear the 

 open air fully, night and day. 



They will have acquired that hardinefs and flrength i/i 

 about four or fve weeks after they are pricked .out ; the 

 plants muft then be taken up with fmall bails of earth, which 

 will readily hang about their roots, and be planted care- 

 fully, with the balls entire;, into the places where they are 

 to remain. 



Solving Hardier Annuals. 



The feed of ten-week' flocks, China aiier, and Indian 

 pink, may ilill be fown. You may alfo, where omitted 

 in the two former months, ilill fow the feedr. of African 

 iind French marigold, balfanis, chryfanthemums, and any 

 other annuals of this clafs; but this fhouidbe done the lirli: 

 or fecond week in the month. 



Thefe feeds may now be fown in a bed or border of rich 

 light earth, in the natural ground ; and if oU-?n refre&ed 

 with water in dry weather, and flieltered with mats in eald 

 niglits, the plants will ccme up foon, and will grow fteely^ 

 though they ^dli now fucceed without any fiieiter. But ii 

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