Sept.] Flower Garden. 43 i 



in a row along each drill, and cover them In with the 

 earth, or may be holed in with a trowel, or a thick 

 broad-ended dibble ; or with a fpade or rake, may trim 

 the earth evenly off the furface of the bed, into the alley, 

 the depth required to plant the roots, which then place 

 at the proper diftance upon the furface of the bed, pref- 

 fing them a little into tH earth ; then with the fpade, 

 caft the earth out of the alley evenly over the roots, the 

 depth as above. 



RanuKCu/u/es, l^c* 



Now alfo, about the middle or towards the latter end 

 of this month, begin to prepare the beds for the beft ra- 

 nunculufes and anemone roots; and any time after the 

 twentieth of the month, to the end of Oftober, is the 

 time to plant them. 



Where it is intended to plant thefe roots in beds by 

 themfelves, let the beds be made alfo three feet and a 

 half or four feet broad, laying them fomewhat rounding : 

 that form is more agreeable to the eye. 



Let thefe roots be planted not lefs than fix inches dif- 

 tant each way from one another, and two or three inches 

 •deep, but not more. 



The above diftance is more room than what is generally 

 allowed to ranunculufes and anemone roots; but they 

 fhould never be planted clofer ; for when the plants ftioot 

 up in a crouded manner, they draw each other up weak, 

 and the flowers never grow fo large, nor the different varie- 

 ties Ihew themfelves to fueh advantage, as when they 

 iland more diftant. 



So<-iX) Anemone and Ranunculus Seed. 



This is ftill a proper time to fow the feeds of ane- 

 Eiones and raminculufes, where it was not done in Auguft. 



For that purpofe fill fome pots, boxes, or tubs, with 

 Tich light earth, making the furface even; then fcatter 

 on the feeds pretty thick, each fort feparate, and cover 

 them with light.fine earth not more than a quarter of an 

 inch thick. 



The plants will come up in about fix weeks, or two 

 i inonths, when they muft have a warm, funny Situation, 

 and Ihould be protected in winter, in lime of great rain 

 or hard froft* 



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