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Tranfplant Perennials, 



Tranfplant into nurfery beds, fuch feedlings as wall, 

 flowers, ftocks, and rweet-williams ; alfo columbines, 

 fcabioufes, and other feedling perennial and biennial 

 plants as are Hill remaining in the feed-bed. 



Thefe Ihould be tranfplanted in moift weather ; and 

 the fooner the better, that the plants may have time to 

 root, and get fome llrength before winter. Let a border 

 be dug for them, or elfe dig fome beds three feet broad, 

 and immediately put in the plants, about fix inches dif- 

 tance from one another, and let them be diredlly watered. 



When the plants have flood in the above beds, or bor- 

 ders, two months or thereabouts, or till the end of Odo- 

 ber, or November, &c. a qaantity may then be tranf- 

 planted into the flower borders; and other parts of 

 the pleafure ground, to remain to blow next year. 



Clip Hedges, 



Now clip or trim hedges : all forts may now be trim- 

 med; fuch as holly, yew, hornbeam, elm, lime, and 

 alfo thorn and all other forts. 



This is the only proper feafon to trim fuch hedges as 

 ^x^ only clipped but once a year, becaufe thofe hedges 

 that are trimmed now will not pufh out any more (hoots 

 to fignify this fummer ; fo that they will not want cutt- 

 ing till next year. 



But fuch hedges as were clipped in the beginning or 

 middle of lafl month, or before, will want clipping again 

 in the middle or latter end of this month. 



Cut Box and Thrift. 



Cut box edgings; but this fhould be done in moiil 

 weather ; keep thefe edgings cut pretty low, and do not 

 let them grow too broad. 



Edgings of thrift fliould alfo at this time be trimmed a 

 iittle, for they will now begin to want it ; that \^^ when 

 it was not done lail month ; cut off all the decayed flow- 

 €r-ftalks ; and when the fides have grown uneven, let 

 them alfo be cut, which you may do with a pair of gar- 

 den fheers. 



Let 



