June, l^he Garde?7ers Kalendar. 193 

 put them out of the reach of rats and mice, 

 «)thervvife they will eat them up, but efpecially 

 the Tulip roots. 



Your Carnations, which begin to break 

 their pods, fliould be opened in two ol* three 

 different parts, at equal diftances, that their 

 flow^ers may expand equally on every fide, 

 otherwife they will throw their petals out onlv 

 on one fide of the podS; whereby the flowers 

 .will appear very irregular : you rnuil: alfo ob- 

 serve to cover them with glafles fbon after their 

 pods are open, 10 fcreen them from moifture^ 

 and, in the heat of the day, the glaffes mull 

 be covered with paper, or Cabbage leaves, to 

 fcreen the flo^vers from, the heat of the fun, 

 both which are very injurious to them 3 but 

 fome very curious perfons make their covers 

 for thefe flowers, with oiled paper, which Is 

 jnuch better than glafs, becaufe the heat is 

 not fo great through them, fo the flowers will 

 not be in danger of fcorching with fuch covers 

 as with glafs 5 look carefully after earwio^s and 

 ants 5 for if thefe can come at the flowers, they 

 will defl:roy them in a (hort time, by eating the 

 fweet ends of the petals next the nedarium, 

 whereby the leaves will fall out of ^the pods. 



Tranfplant fuch forts of perennial or bien- 

 nial fibrous- rooted plants as were fown the two 



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