474 ThePleasure, or [Odt. 



Now alio Hip and plant polyantliufes where wanted; 

 alfo double dai/es, double chamomile, violets, London- 

 pride^ thrift, hepaticas, gentianella, faxafrage, and 

 other low-growing fibrous-rooted plants. 



Thefe plants ihould be fet about a foot, or fifteen 

 inches, from the edge of the border ; for they are but of 

 a low growth. 



This is alio a good time to plant columbines, monk's- 

 hood, Canterbury bells, fox .gloves, tree-primrofe, 

 Greek valerian, fcabioufes, and fuch like kinds. 



Thefe flowers generally grow from two to four feet 

 high, or thereabouts, and fnould be planted in the mid- 

 dle and towards the back of the borders or beds. 



Tranf])lant alfo v/all-nc\vers and ftock July flowe'rs, 

 into the borders : and this is alio a proper time to plant 

 carnations and pinks, both fecdlings and layers : and all 

 other fbrous-rooted perennial ptants fnould now be 

 brought in and planted in the borders or places where 

 wanted. 



This is a good feafon to plant golden rod, Michaelmas 

 daifies, everlaliing fun-Bowers, French honeyfuckles, 

 and hollyhocks. 



The laft meniioncd plants grow very tall and are £t- 

 ter to be planted in the clumps among ficwcringfhrubf, 

 than in narrow borders : but if they are to be planted in 

 borders, let them be placed iifteer) or twenty feet diftant 

 from each other; and they ihould be planted towards 

 the back of the border. 



Partifig the Roots, ami propagating <various fibrous 'a?u, 

 knob-7'9oted Plants. 



Where golden rod, everlafting fun-flowers, Michael- 

 mas daifles, and fuch like rampant growing fibrous- 

 rooted perennial plants, have flood in one place feveral 

 years without tranfplanting, their roots will have fpread 

 a great way, and will beencreafed to ver.y large bunches^ 



Where that is the cafe^ the roots fliould now be takea 

 up, and every root divided into feveral parts, or fepa- 

 rate plants ; and then fome of the beft fliould be imme- 

 diately planted again in the places allotted them, at the 

 diftance above mentioned. 



This is alfo ftill a good time, v/here not done before, 

 to part the roots of many other fibrous rooted plants, that 

 have grown into large bunches. 



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