5()0 THE PLEASURE, OR [Sept. 



after which place them in a warm exposure till the approach of 

 frost, when they must be removed into the green-house or placed 

 under the protection of frames and glasses, <kc. 



THE PLEASURE, OR FLOWER GARDEN. 



Carnations and Pinks. 



Your late carnation and pink layers must now be taken off as 

 soon as they are well rooted, and be treated as directed in July and 

 August: the earlier in the month that you can do this the better 

 will the plants be rooted before winter. 



Towards the end of the month you may transplant from the 

 nursery beds the seedling pinks and carnations into such beds and 

 borders as you intend them to flower in; observing to take each 

 plant up with a ball of earth, and to give it some water when newly 

 planted. 



Auriculas. 



The auricula plants still require due attention, but particularly 

 those shifted last month; they must yet be kept in the shade and 

 moderately watered, as often as the earth appears rather dry, to 

 promote a free growth and a good supply of new roots before 

 winter. 



If the shifting had been neglected last month it may yet be done, 

 but the be<rinnin<j of August is a more eligible period. 



Particular care must now be taken to keep the auricula seed- 

 lings, as well as the old plants, free from decayed leaves and 

 weeds of every kind, to keep the earth about them in a moderate 

 state of moisture, that the plants may grow freely and obtain 

 strength before winter. 



Sowing Seeds of Bulbous-rooted Flowers. 



This will be a very proper time to sow the seeds of tulips, hya- 

 cinths, and of every other kind of bulbous-rooted flowers that have 

 perfected seed in the preceding part of the season. These seeds 

 should be sown separately in boxes filled with good sound garden 

 mould, mixed with a small portion of sand or with hyacinth or 

 tulip compost; sow the seeds pretty thick and cover them about 

 half an inch deep. The depth of earth in each box should be at 

 least one foot, the bottoms of the boxes should be perforated with 

 holes, each about an inch in diameter, and covered with shells, in 

 order that any extra moisture may drain oft" thereby. The boxes 

 are then to be placed in a warm exposure, and will require no 

 water, or any other attention than the keeping of them perfectly 



