Mar. Tljc Gardeners Kalendar. i o i 



then them greatly, and prepare them for 



flowering.'^-'^^^ ^^^^^-^ -^ ^n^i-)- 



Toward the end of this month (if the wea- 

 ther is favourable) you may take out your tubs 

 of Bays, Lauruftinufes, Tree Wormwood, Cif- 

 tus, and other hardy kinds, placing them near 

 an hedge, in a fituation where they may be 

 well defended from cold w^inds^ and this will 

 thin the houfe of plants, and give room to 

 thofe that remain, to have a greater fliare of 

 free air \ but this mud: be underftood if the fea- 

 fon is very mild, ctherwife it mull be deferred 

 till next month. 



If any of your Orange trees have decayed 

 heads they (hould now be fliifted, and their 

 heads pruned clofe, and placed upon a hot- 

 bed of tanners bark, to force them out again 5 

 treating them in the manner directed in the for- 

 mer month. 



You may alfo head down fuch Myrtles, 

 Bays, and other of the hardy kinds of exoticks, 

 as have ragged or decayed heads, obferving to 

 place them on a very moderate hot-bed, jufi: to 

 make them pufli again, but after they have made 

 (hoots, they fhould have as much free air as 

 poffible in warm weather, to harden the young 

 branches. ■" ^^ this method you may renew 

 their headS; v/hicb, with fkilful pruning, may 

 H3 be 



