56 "The Gardeners Kalendar. Feb, 



JVork to be done in tbeFLEASVSL e-G a r d e n* 



If the weather Is mild, toward the end of th'e 

 month you may plant out your choice Carnati- 

 ons into the pots v/here they are to remain to 

 flower; in doing of which, you (hould not take 

 too much of the earth from their roots 5 and, 

 when they are planted, it will be proper to place 

 the pots in a warm fituation (but not too near 

 w^alls and pales, which will draw them up 

 w^ak) ; and arch them over with hoops, that 

 in bad weather they may be covered with 

 matsj for unlefs they acquire ftrength in the 

 fpring, before the heat comes on, they will 

 not produce large flowers. 



You may yet fow Auricula and Polyanthus 

 feeds in tubs or pots of light rich earth, place- 

 ing them where they may have the morning 

 fun only until April, when they muft be re- 

 moved into a rnore fiiady fituation, there to re- 

 main during the fummer feafon. Thefe feeds 

 fliould be very flightly covered with light 

 earth ; for if they are buried too deep, they 

 often lie a year before they come up, and fre- 

 quently mifcarry; therefore fome perfons ne- 

 ver cover the feeds, but leave them to be wafli- 

 ed into the ground by the rain. 



If 



