352 THE PLEASURE, OR [April. 



reached the glasses, let the said frame be taken up, and in its place 

 set one of the others, and immediately fix the deepest frame upon 

 that, as above; and then, when they have filled that space, let an- 

 other frame be added, observing, as above, to let the deepest or 

 sloping frame be always placed uppermost in order to receive the 

 glasses. 



The glass-cases for this purpose are generally made about six, 

 seven, or eight feet wide, and as long as may be convenient; the 

 height should be five or six feet in front, and seven or eight in the 

 back. 



The front ought to be of glass-sashes, perfectly upright, and facing 

 the south; the back may be either of wood or brick, and both ends 

 of the same materials, but if of glass, the better; and the top must 

 also be of glass-sashes, sloping from the back to the front. 



Within this, a hot-bed is to be made, for which a pit must be 

 formed nearly the whole length, raised by brick-work or planking 

 above the iloor, having the whole about two feet and a half deep, 

 and from four to five or six feet wide: this is to be filled with hot 

 dung or tanner's bark, carrying it up a few inches higher than the 

 top of the pit to allow for settling; and if a dung-bed, lay earth or 

 tan-bark at top five or six inches thick. 



The pots are to be placed upon this, plunging them to their rims 

 in earth, as before mentioned; but if the bed be made of tan, plunge 

 them therein, having no occasion for earth upon such beds. 



In this frame or glass-case, let the plants have fresh air daily, 

 and give sufficient supplies of water, and towards the latter end of 

 May they will be advanced to a large size and may be removed in 

 their pots into any principal compartment in the pleasure-ground, 

 &c. , or placed among the green-house plants. 



When tender or curious annuals have been omitted to be sown 

 in the former months, a slight hot-bed may be made for them in the 

 beginning of this, to forward them as much as possible. The seeds 

 are to be sown as directed in page 161. 



Sowing annual Flower Seeds. 



All the varieties of annual flower-seeds that are capable of bear- 

 ing the open air and of arriving at perfection in our climates, may 

 now be sown with good success. In the early part of the month, 

 you may sow the following kinds with many others too tedious to 

 mention in this place, viz: alkekengi, China asters, in sorts, Mol- 

 davian-baum, belvidere or summer cypress, candy-tuft in sorts, 

 LobelVcatchfly, cyanus in sorts, ilos-adonis, bladder-ketmia, 

 heart's-ease, convolvulus tricolor, larkspurs in sorts, lavatera in 

 sorts, and Lupins of every kind; dwarf lychnis, curled, oriental, 

 and Peruvian mallows, nigellas, roma nettle, sweet, Tangier, and 

 winged peas, annual and ten-week stocks, strawberry, spinage, 

 persicaria, sunflower, and Venus's looking-glass; snails, horns, 

 hedge-hogs, caterpillars and horse-shoes; Venus's navelwort, pur- 

 ple and yellow hawkweed; Cassia chamaechrista, polygala san- 

 guinea and silene in sorts, &c. &c. About the middle of the month 



