•194 . The Pleasure, or [June. 



They mufl be ihaded from the fun from about nine or ten 

 in the n-'v^ning till three or four in the evening. 



But if thele cuttings were to be coveied ctof&ly with 

 hand-glaffes, it would be a great advantage, it would make 

 them take root very ix^e., and they would be fit to tranf- 

 plant fccner by a fortnight or three weeks than thofe that 

 iire fully expofed. 



They mull: be frequently fprinkled with water, juil to 

 keep the earth a little moiil, and no more. 



Note, pinks may be propagated by flips : but the/e 

 fr,ould be pianted in March, April, or May, choofing fuch 

 flips as are not more than five or fix inches long, ll'ip thern 

 cfF clofe to the bottom, and infert them into the ground, 

 v.'ithin an inch and a half of their tops, and water them. 

 See tiie iprihg months. 



Support F leaver ing-plant s . 



Continue to fupport with Hicks all the tall growing 

 plants, according as they grow up and require it. 



'Ihis work fiiould be duly attended to, for there is none 

 jr.ore neceifary, and nothing looks better than to fee all the 

 p!ants {landing firmly in their places, and neatly trained 

 with ttraight and upright Hems. 



Trimming and ordering Floxvcr-plants. 



Go round now and then among the perennial and bien- 

 r)i:d plants, that are now., and luch as are ftill to ccme 

 into liovv'er, and trim fuch of them as want it. 



That is, cut off all ibaggling, broken, and decayed 

 fiioots ; and, where ragged or dead leaves appear, pull 

 thefe ciT alfo. 



Examine fuch plants as branch oat fo as to form heads. 

 They Ihould be fomewhat affifted in their own way ; that 

 is to fay, let all fhoots that rife from the main Hem ftrag- 

 glingly near the ground be cut ofif clofe: and any Ihcots 

 from the head, that advance in a llraggling manner from 

 all tlie reft, fhould alfo be reduced to order. 



Many of the annual plants Ihould be treated in that 

 manner ; in particular the African and French marigolds ; 

 and alfo the chryfanthemums ; and fuch other plants as 

 branch out in the like manner. 



For, by training thefe plants up with ten or twelve 

 inches of a clear fnglc ftem, they will form handfome and 

 regular heads ; and will produce much larger and fuller 



flowers 



