472 THE PLEASURE, OR [Auu. 



and has created a doubt in the minds of Mr. Curtis and others, 

 whether it ought not to be considered a distinct genus. 



It has been generally treated as a green-house plant, but with 

 me, it survived the severe winter of 1804-5, in the open ground, 

 and therefore I consider it perfectly hardy. It flowers in May and 

 June, delights in a dry soil, and may now be propagated by its run- 

 ners, which it produces in great abundance. 



The Saxifraga cotyledon, or pyramidal saxifrage. This species 

 has a fibrous perennial root, crowned with cartilaginous sawed 

 leaves in a cluster, like house-leek; the stems are generally about a 

 foot or more high, and terminated with panicles of white flowers; 

 the whole forming a beautiful pyramid. The flowers are produced 

 in May and June, and when kept in the shade, and screened from 

 wind and rain will continue in beauty a considerable time. The 

 plant may now be propagated, by offsets, which it produces freely. 



Flowering Plants in Pots. 



Such annual and other flowering plants as are in pots must now 

 be carefully supplied with water; some kinds requiring it twice a 

 day in very dry weather, others once a day, and a few sorts not so 

 often. As to the consumption of water, there is an astonishing dif- 

 ference in the constitutions of plants, some absorbing and discharg- 

 ing it so quickly as to excite surprise, and others but very slowly; 

 therefore you must supply each respective kind, according to its 

 habit and necessity. 



Ordinary Jittcndancc. 



Give water as often as necessary to all the young plantations of 

 herbaceous flower-roots; cut down the stems of such as are past 

 bloom; loosen the earth in the tops of all your pots containing 

 flowering-plants; clip hedges, if omitted in the last month; clip 

 box edgings, and trim the various other kinds used for that pur- 

 pose, into a neat and becoming form; but let this be done early in 

 the month, and if possible in moist and cloudy weather. Mow 

 grass-walks and lawns once a week or fortnight, according to the 

 growth of the grass. Sweep, dress, and roll the gravel-walks once 

 a week; hoe and clean the flower borders, beds, alleys, and shrub- 

 bery compartments; and let the weeds be raked up and carried 

 away immediately out of the garden, &c. Trim and tie up any 

 loose growing or Btragglins plants; dress disorderly growing 

 shrubs, and inoculate such kinds as you wish to propagate in that 

 way. 



Gather flower-seeds as they ripen and preserve them till the sea- 

 son of sowing; most kinds will keep better and longer in their 

 pods or husks than when rubbed out. 



Solving Auricula, Polyanthus, Anemone, and Ranunculus Seeds. 

 I find in almost every treatise on gardening that I have met with, 



