THE CHARM OF GARDENS 



APRIL. 



To be done 



In the Parterre, and Flower Garden. 



Sow divers Annuals to have Flowers all the Summer ; 

 as double Mari-golds, Cyanus of all sorts, Candy-tufts, 

 Garden-Pansy, Muscipula, Scabious, etc. 



Continue new, and fresh Hot-beds to entertain such 

 exotic plants as arrive not to their perfection without 

 them, till the Air and common earth be qualified with 

 sufficient warmth to preserve them abroad. A Cata- 

 logue of these you have in the former Moneth. 



Transplant such Fibrous roots as you had not finished 

 in March ; as Violets, Hepatica, Prim-roses, Hellebor, 

 Matricaria, etc. 



Sow Pinks, Carnations, Sweet-Williams, etc., to 

 flower next year ; this after rain. 



Set Lupines, etc. 



Sow also yet Pine-kernels, Firr-seeds, Phillyrea, Alat- 

 ernus, and most perennial greens. 



Now take out your Indian Tuberoses, parting the off- 

 sets (but with care, lest you break their fangs), then pot 

 them in natural (not forc'd) Earth ; a layer of rich mould 

 beneath, and about this natural earth to nourish the 

 fibers, but not so as to touch the Bulbs ; then plunge your 

 pots in a Hot -bed temperately warm, and give them no 

 water till they spring, and then set them under a South- 

 wall. In dry weather water them freely, and expect an 

 incomparable flower in August. Thus likewise treat the 

 Narcissus of Japan, or Garnsey-Lilly, for a late flower, 

 and make much of this precious Direction. 



Water Anemonies, Ranunculus's, and Plants in Pots 

 and Cases once in two or three days, if drouth require it. 

 But carefully protect fronTviolent Storms of Rain and 



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