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Where the fhoots of different ilovvers iiiterfere with eack 

 •other, they fnould be ihortened, fo that every plant may 

 ftand fmgle. 



Flowers always appear bed when they Hand clear or 

 one another. 



Take ofFall withered leaves, and let the main ilems cf 

 the flowers hQ well fupported with llakes in an uprighc 

 diredion. 



Where any fhoots hang dangling, cut them oiF near the 

 ftem of the plant. 



Where French and African marigolds, chryfanthe- 

 mums, or other iT:rong branching annu^il flowers, produce 

 rambling fhoots near the ground, they fhculd be trim- 

 med up to a foot from the furface at leaiK 



This will caufe them to form themfelves handibme and 

 regular heads, and will Ihew themfelves to a greater ad- 

 vantage, than if the branches were permitted to fpread 

 near the bottom. 



Gather F louver Seeds. 



Gather the feeds of fuch flowers as are now ripe, in a 

 dry day ; fpread them on mats to dry in «n airy place 

 where the f'un can come. 



When they are well hardened, beater rub them out, 

 and put them in paper bags, or into boxes, till thefea- 

 fon for fowing them. 



Planting autumnal Bulls. 



Plant autumnal-flowering bulbs, if any are now out of 

 ground, fuch as colchicuiris, au-umnal-narciffus, ama- 

 ryllis, and autumn crocus, &c. planting them in beds or 

 borders of light earth ; they will blov/ the end of this, 

 and next month, and October. 



The Nursery. 



Dejlroy Weeds. 



TAKE advantage of dry days to deflroy the weeds 

 belw^^^n the rows of young trees and fhrubs of all 

 kinds. Let this always be done in due time bcforfe the 

 weeds grow to any confiderable fize, 



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