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plants place towards the front; the others 

 plant more or lefs backward, in the borders, 

 &c, according to their growth, in afomewhat 

 gradual manner, to the talleft in the back 

 part ;-^as for example, have the mignonette, 

 ten-week's (locks, India pinks, fmall bafil, &c. 

 planted more or leis forward ; the China aflers, 

 capiicums, baifams, fultan flower, globc-ama- 

 ranthus, large bafil, dwarf African and Frenck 

 marigolds, &c. rather more towards the mid- 

 dle, in a diverfified arrangement; and the 

 large African and French marigolds, ama- 

 ranthufes, chiyfanthemums, marvel of Peru, 

 Chinefe holly-hcck, fcarlet convolvulus, and 

 egg plant, faould occupy the middle and to- 

 wards the back part of the borders ; alfo the 

 love-apples and fmaller gourd kinds, Patago- 

 nian cucumber, fnake and cucumber-fliaped 

 melon : and towards the back parts, have the 

 perficaria, tree amaranthus, tall palma-chrirti, 

 tobacco, and fome chryfanthemums ; gene- 

 rally planting moftof thefe forts fingly, or one 

 plant in a place, two, three, to four or five 

 feet afunder ; or fome forts, as ten-week's 

 ftocks, in particular, may generally be planted 

 three together in fmall patches, and in pots 

 in the fame order, both that there may be a 

 greater chance of having fome with double 

 6owers in each patch or pot, and that they 

 may together make a more confpicuous (liowy 

 appearance v/hen in fiower. The fame may 

 be pradtifed, occafionally, with India pinks and 

 China alters, S:c. efpecially in capacious com- 

 l^artments ; and the mignonette, being a fmall 

 ii z plant 



