126 T^he Ga7^deners Kale7idar. Apr* 



fafteri the ftems thereto, with bafs matting, to 

 prevent their being broken by the wind \ and 

 care fliuuld be taken to guard them from fpar- 

 lows, otherwife thefe birds will peck oiFthe 

 inner or heart leaves to the flumps. 



The line Auriculas will now begin to fliew 

 their beautiful flowers 3 therefore the pots fhould 

 be removed under fome covert, to preferve 

 them from wet, which would wa(h the mea- 

 linefs from off their fiov/ers, in which great 

 part of their beauty confifls : they fhould alfo 

 be defended from the heat of the fun, which 

 would haften their decay -, but they mufl have 

 as much free air as poffible, otherwufe the flow- 

 er ftalks v/ill draw up very w^eak. Thefe pots 

 are ufually placed on (lielves, which are framed 

 fo as to rife above each other, which is very 

 proper for fuch flowers, as they are of humble 

 growth, otherwife the pots muit be taken up 

 to view the flowers : but as thefe fl:ands are al- 

 ways covered over to keep off the rain and fun, 

 fo the front fhoald be kept open at all times, 

 whea the w^eather will permit : and thofe of 

 them, from which feeds are propofed to be 

 faved to obtain new flowers, flioukl be removed 

 into the open air, as foon as they are fully 

 blown, and placed where they may have the 



morning 



