March.] THE GREEN-HOUSE. 3Q9 



Sow Seeds of Green-house Plants, fyc. 



A hot-bed may be made the beginning of this month t'o sow the 

 seeds of tender plants, either of the green-house or stove kinds. 

 The bed should be made either of hot dung, or fresh tanner's bark, 

 and covered with frames and glasses; or if made of hot dung, lay 

 eight, ten, or twelve inches of tan-bark at top, either new or old, 

 both in which to plunge the pots, &c. and to continue longer a 

 regular heat. 



The seeds should be sown in pots of light earth, and these 

 plunged to their rims in the tan, and moderately watered at times, 

 as you see occasion. 



Where tan cannot be obtained readily, make the bed of hot dung, 

 three feet high, set a frame on, and when the burning heat is over, 

 lay on four or five inches depth of earth, then fill some middling 

 small pots with fine light mould, sow the seeds therein, and cover 

 them lightly with sifted earth, then plunge the pots in the earth on 

 the bed, and put on the glasses. 



Let the pots in general be frequently sprinkled with water, and 

 when the plants appear, give them fresh air, by raising the glasses 

 behind a little way. Observe to keep up the heat of the bed, by 

 applying a lining of fresh hot dung, when it declines much, and 

 protect them occasionally from the too powerful influence of the 

 mid-day sun. 



Sowing Kernels of Oranges for Stocks. 



Now is the time to sow the kernels of oranges and lemons, in 

 order to raise stocks to bud any of those kinds of trees upon. 



The best method of sowing these kernels is this: fill some mid- 

 dle-sized pots with very good earth, sow the kernels in the pots, 

 and cover them half an inch deep with earth, then plunge the pots 

 into a hot bed, and let them be frequently watered. See the Green- 

 house, next month. 



Propagating by Cuttings, Layers, 8,'C. 



Propagate by cuttings and slips, various shrubby green-house 

 plants, as myrtles, geraniums, fuschias, oleanders, hydrangeas, jas- 

 mines, coronillas, justicias, &c. The young shoots planted in pots 

 and placed in a hot-bed, will soon strike root and grow freely; or 

 where there is the convenience of bark -beds, either in a hot-house, 

 or under any glass frames, &c. , these, and many other sorts, if 

 plunged therein, may be struck very expeditiously; or, if at the 

 same time, some are covered with a hand-glass, it will still more 

 expedite their rooting, giving proper waterings. 



Likewise propagate shrubby kinds by layers, and also different 

 sorts by suckers, &c. 



