300 THE PLEASURE, OR [March. 



Solving various kinds of fibrous -rooted perennial and biennial 



Plants. 



Perennial and biennal flower-seeds, of most kinds, may be sown, 

 in the middle and southern states, towards the latter end of the 

 month; in the eastern states, the middle or latter end of April will 

 he preferable. 



It is to be observed that these kinds do not flower the same year 

 thev are sown: but all the sorts of them will flower strong, and in 

 good perfection the year after. 



As every one may not know the meaning of perennial and bien- 

 nial plants, the perennials are those which continue on the same 

 roots many years, producing new. flower stems annually, such as 

 everlasting sunflower, scarlet lychnis, perennial asters, &c. The 

 biennials are only of two years' duration, being sown one year, 

 flower and perfect their seeds the next, and soon after die, or be- 

 come of a dwindling growth, such as honesty, tree-primrose, tree- 

 mallow, &c. 



Many kinds are proper to be sown now, such as carnations, pinks, 

 sweet-williams, wall -flowers, and stock July-flowers of all sorts; 

 also rose-campion, scarlet lychnis, columbines, Greek valerian, 

 polyanthus, auriculas, scabiouses, and Canterbury bells. 



The seeds of hollyhocks, French honeysuckles, rockets, honesty, 

 or satin flower, tree-primrose, broad-leaved campanula, and fox- 

 gloves; snap-dragon, bee-larkspur, with seeds of most other sorts 

 of perennial and biennial plants, may now be sown. 



All the above, and other hardy perennial and biennial flower- 

 seeds, are to be sown in beds of light earth in the open ground. 



For the method of sowing them, see the Flower Garden for next 

 month. 



Dig the Borders, fyc. 



Dig the borders and flower compartments, &c. and rake them 

 smooth; they will then be ready to receive the seeds of annual 

 flowers and plants of other kinds; besides they will appear fresh 

 and neat. 



Transplanting perennial Plants. 



Where there are vacancies in any of the beds, borders, or other 

 parts of the garden, they may now be tilled up with many different 

 kinds of perennial and biennial flower plants, and will all blow the 

 same year. 



Many principal sorts may now be planted, such as lychnises, 

 rose-campions, rockets, catch-fly, campanulas, carnations, pinks, and 

 sweet-williams, double feverfew, golden rod, perennial sun-flowers, 

 perennial asters, and French honeysuckles; also columbines, Can- 

 terbury bells, monk's-hood, fox-gloves, tree-primroses, scabiouses, 

 snap-dragon, lobelias irises, bee-larkspur, double ragged robin, 

 valerian, and most others of the like sorts. 



