Jan.] FLOWER GARDEN. ~,j 



In this division you may plant the finest hyacinths, tulips, poly- 

 anthus-narcissus, douhle jonquils, anemones, ranunculuses, bul- 

 bous-irises, tuberoses, scarlet and yellow amaryllises, colchicums, 

 fritillaries, crown imperials, snow-drops, crocuses, lilies of various 

 sorts, and all the different kinds of bulbous and tuberous-rooted 

 flowers, which succeed in the open ground; each sort principally 

 in separate beds, especially the more choice kinds, being necessary 

 both for distinction sake and for the convenience of giving such as 

 need it protection from inclement weather; but for particulars of 

 their culture, see the respective articles in the various months. 



Likewise in this division should be planted a curious collection 

 of carnations, pinks, polyanthuses, and many other beautiful sorts, 

 arranging some of the most valuable in beds separately; others 

 may be intermixed in different beds, forming an assemblage of 

 various sorts. 



In other beds you may exhibit a variety of all sorts, both bulbous, 

 tuberous, and fibrous-rooted kinds, to keep up a succession of bloom 

 in the same beds during the whole season. 



Here I cannot avoid remarking that many flower gardens, &c. 

 are almost destitute of bloom during a great part of the season; 

 which could be easily avoided, and a blaze of flowers kept up, both 

 in this department and in the borders of the pleasure-ground, 

 from March to November, by introducing from our woods and 

 fields the various beautiful ornaments with which nature has so 

 profusely decorated them. Is it because they are indigenous that 

 we should reject them? Ought we not rather to cultivate and im- 

 prove them? What can be more beautiful than our Lobelias, 

 Orchises, Asclepiases and Asters; Dracoccphalums, Gerardias, 

 Monardas and Ipomoeas; Liliums, Podalyrias, Rhexias, Solidagos 

 and Hibiscuses; Phloxes, Gentianas, Spigelias, Chironias, and 

 Sisyrinchiums, Cassias, Ophryses, Coreopsises and Cypripediums; 

 Fumarias, Violas, Rudbeckias and Liatrises; with our charming 

 Limodorum, fragrant Arethusa, and a thousand other lovely plants 

 which, if introduced, would grace our plantations and delight our 

 senses? 



In Europe plants arc not rejected because they are indigenous; 

 on the contrary, they are cultivated with due care; and yet here 

 we cultivate many foreign trifles, and neglect the profusion of 

 beauties so bountifully bestowed upon us by the hand of nature. 



Work to be done this Month. 



Prune such of your ornamental shrubs, &c. as need it, particu- 

 larly the hardy deciduous kinds; all decayed, ill-placed and 

 straggling branches ought to be cut off' close to where they were 

 produced, and such others shortened as are growing in a disorderly 

 way, always taking great care to form the heads in a full ami 

 handsome manner, that they may appear well furnished and di>- 

 play the beauty of their foliage and bloom in due season. 



Great care should be taken at this time of the choicest kinds 

 of flowering plants and other tender kinds in pots — they should be 



