June,] Flower Garden:. 285 



Hardy Anr.uals, 



If any of the patches oi hardy annuals in the borders 

 remain too thick, let them now be thinned in the order 

 direfted la ft month, and give water. 



May ftill fow fome quick flowering annurJs to blow in 

 autumn, fuch as ten-week (locks, candy-tuft, Virginia- 

 ftock, &c. 



T'ulipSt Croxvn Imperials^ ycnquilsf iffc. 



Tulips will be now, in general, paft flowering, snd 

 their leaves will be decayed ; it is then proper time to 

 take the roots up out of the ground. 



Let this be done in dry weather; and as fcon as they 

 are taken up out of the ground, fpread them upon mats 

 in the fhade to dry. 



When they are thoroughly dried, and fomewhat hrr- 

 dened, let them be very well cleaned, and feparatc all the 

 ofF-fets from the large roots ; and then put up each fort 

 ieparately, in bags or boxes, till September, Cclobcr, or 

 November ; at which time p'ant them again. 



Take up alfo, where it is intended, the roots of crown' 

 imperials, narciflufcs, and jonquils, fritillaiias, fnow-drop 

 roots, and the roots of fpiing crocus, and fuch other bul- 

 bo>is roots as have done blowing, and vvhofe ieaves decay ; 

 and which Ihall feem neceflary to be taken up, agreeable 

 to the hints given laft month, of the utility of taking up 

 bulbous roots foon after they have dene flowering. 



Let them, as foon as taken up, be feparated from the 

 increafed parts ;• that is, from the fmall roots, commonly 

 called ofF-fets ; and thefe, after anorher year's growth, 

 will alfo produce flowers: when the ofF-fets are taken ofl\ 

 Jet the roots i)e fpread thin, and feparately, upon mats to 

 dry : when that is eifeifled, part the ofl-fets from the prin-i- 

 cipal roots., and let the whole be cleaned, and put up till 

 the feafon for planting, v/hich is about Michae'mas ; or 

 any time in Oitober, November, and beginning of De- 

 cember, in open, mild, dry weather. 



This is alfo a proper time to tr.infplant bulbous roots 

 that have ,done blowing, and whofe leaves are on the 

 decay. ' • 



< That is, the bulbs, when their ftalks and leaves d?cay, 

 may; then be taken up, and the ofi^-fets all taken away 

 from the main roots ; then prepare and dig 'the ground 



when 



