Mar. The Gardeners Kalendar. 103 

 may warm before the plants are placed 

 therein 3 which fhould be done in a day or two 

 after the pots are plunged, otherwife the earth 

 will become too dry when the plants are plant- 

 ed 5 thefe muft be gently watered after they are 

 planted, and the glafles (haded until they have 

 taken root i after which they iliould be fre- 

 quently refreshed with water, and the air muft 

 be let into the beds proponionably to the 

 warmth ofthefeafon. 



The fires in the ftoves fliould now be abat- 

 ed 3 but this muft be done with difcretion ac- 

 cording as the weather increafes in vv^armth. 



Thofe Ananas or Pine apples, which have 

 been in a dry ftove during the winter feafon, 

 fhould now be removed into bark-beds ; there- 

 fore, if the beds were not prepared to receive 

 them, it fl^ould be no longer delayed than the 

 beginning of this month, for the blolToms of 

 the fruit will now begin to appear ; and if the 

 plants are checked at that time, their fruit is 

 feldom fo fair, nor fo early ripe ; and thofe 

 plants v/hich have been in tan all the winter, 

 the beds ihould now be refreftied with fome 

 n^w tan to renew their heat. 



Si\x up the bark-beds in the ftove which are 



filled with tender exotick plants, adding fome 



frefli tan to renew their heat 5 and clean the 



H 4 leaves 



