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The Pleasure, or Flower Gardeno- 



Watering and ge^ieral care cf annual Plants in Pojs* 



TAKE care now of the annual plants in pots; they, 

 muft, in dry weather,- be well fupplied with wa- 

 ter : let them be watered at leafl three or four times a. 

 week : but in very hot dry weather they will need wa- 

 tering every day. 



Support fuch as require it well with handfome {lakes,, 

 and let the ftalks or ftems of the plants be neatly tied to- 

 them, according as they advance in height. 



When dead leaves appear on thefe plants, let them be- 

 immediately taken off, for nothing looks worfej and- 

 keep the pots always very clear from weeds. 



Watering and gejieral care cf pe-rennial Plants in Pots* 



In dry weather give water alfo pretty often to all the^ 

 pereanial flower-plants in pots. 



But this muft be done in general ; that is, thofe plants? 

 which are paft flowering will want water as well as thofe- 

 which are ftill to bloom. 



Take care now of all fuch perennial plants in pots as 

 have done blowing ; let the ftalks when the flowexs de- 

 cay be immediately cut down ; loofen the earth in the 

 top of tlie pot, take fome out j replace it with the fame 

 quantity of new, and then fet the pots in a Ihady place 

 for the remainder of the fummer. 



Propagate fihrms-roottd Plants. 



Now is the proper time toencreafe many of the double 

 fiowered fibrous-rooted plants, by flipping and parting 

 the roots ; and the proper time to begin to do it is about 

 the middle of the month. 



Many forts may now be encreafed by that method ; 

 particularly, the double rofe-campion and catchfly, 

 double fcarlet lychnis and double rocket ; alio the double 

 ragged robin, bachelor's button, geutianella, andpoly- 

 anthufes, and feveral other fuch like kinds of fibrous- 

 rooted perennials. 



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