March] FLOWER GARDEN. 3QJ 



Plant also dwarf fibrous-rooted flowers in the borders, &c. they 

 will take root freely in a short time; such as polyanthuses, double 

 chamomile, London-pride, violets, hepaticas, thrift, primroses, 

 saxifrage, gentianella, lily of the valley, &c. 



In planting the intended different kinds, dispose them variedly, 

 the larger growing sorts more or less back; and the smaller forward 

 towards the front and middle. 



Give water at first planting, and afterwards occasionally in dry 

 weather, till the plants are fresh rooted; by which they will grow 

 freely, and all fiower the same year in their proper seasons. 



Hoe and rake the Borders. 



Loosen with a hoe or small spade, the surface of those beds or 

 borders which were dug and planted with flowers of any kinds last 

 autumn, or any time since. 



Let this be done in a dry day, hoeing, or lightly digging and 

 stirring the earth carefully between the plants, taking care of the 

 shoots of bulbous roots, &c. which are now just peeping through 

 the surface; clearing away all decayed leaves of the plants, weeds, 

 and every sort of rubbish, and then let the beds or borders be neatly 

 raked even and smooth. 



By thus loosening the surface of the borders, the first growth of 

 seed -weeds will be retarded, it will greatly promote the strength of 

 the flowers, and the whole will appear clean and agreeable. 



Pruning Shrubs, and digging the Clumps in the Shrubbery. 



Finish pruning all sorts of flowering shrubs and evergreens which 

 require it, observing the directions of the two former months. 



Dig the ground in the clumps or borders if not done in the former 

 month, which will prove beneficial; the ground being turned up 

 fresh will appear neat, and the plants will show themselves more 

 agreeably. 



Planting deciduous Flowering Shrubs, ornamental and Forest 



Trees. 



Where deciduous flowering shrubs or trees are wanted in any of 

 the pleasure-grounds, they may now be planted with good success, 

 such as common and Persian lilacs, snow-drop tree, fringe tree, 

 bladder nut, rose-acacia, bladder-senna, angelica-tree, Azalea, 

 honey-suckles, Calycanthus, New Jersey tea, Judas tree, clethra, 

 papaw, leather-wood, fern-leaved Comptonia, Amorpha, dog-wood, 

 double flowering thorns, cherries and peaches, snowy-medlar, 

 Euonymus in sorts, Fothergilla, althea-frutex, Franklima, Gui- 

 landinia, sassafras, swamp magnolia, Benjamin tree, witch-hazel, 

 St. Peters-wort, double altheas, of various colours, corchoras 

 japonica, evergreen or sweet-scented China honey-suckle, purple 

 magnolia, pyrus japonica, purple beech, copper beech, fern -leaved 

 beach, Norway maple, sorbus hybrida, jasmine, rhus cotinus, or 



