DIANTHUS, 
as by that means they would be much injured, if not deftroy- 
cd. 
The flowers which are in the beds flould be covered by 
mats, or other contrivances, when the weather is fevere at 
the fame feafon, care being taken to remove them when the 
weather : en in the da 
And i 
nu fine varieties whieh were ne 
out in {mall pots in the preceding autumn into large ones 
for flowering, and fuch zs have remained in nurfery-beds 
nine or pa nches over at 
a Sout their foots, 
e following mont 
he work is performed by clofing the ae in the bottoms 
of the pots with pieces of oyfter fhells or tiles, then filling 
them half way up with the earth prepared as above, placing 
the plants with their balls of earth in them, and filling up 
the vacancies on the fides with more frefh mould, clofing it 
well up about the bodies of the plants, fo as they may ftand 
nearly as nc as the tops of the pots, giving a good water~ 
ing att 
hen os a“ nts have been thus aa they fhould be 
placed in a fheltered funny fituation in the open air, being 
frequently refrefhed with water in hot dry weather. 
It is the pratice with fome florifts to Bes two flowers 
ina large pot: butit is better, as well as more convenient 
for laycring, only to have one ; the plants gee ftronger, 
and ss more free and finer fhoots. 
And in ummer treatment of the flowers, the care 
of frequent wee fhould be continue when the weather 
hot and droughty, and the furface mould be occa ‘ically 
ftirred to promote the growth, a ree neatnefs ; and 
when the flower-f{talks are a little advanced, handfome paint- 
ed fticks fhould be placed for their {upport both in the pots, 
and other fituations ; ; to which 
period of flowering, thof ich are curious uld be 
removed to age conftruéted for the purpofe, and pro- 
vided w aus to protea t from being injured by 
em 
of the fun in the middle of the da 
effeGis of too ‘much wet, by which they are continued 
satel longer in blow and beauty. 
In regard to ftages of this nature, they are formed in dif- 
ferent pete according to the fancy of the perfons who 
make ule o hat defcribed below isa neat mode 
uch apparatus: 
the height of ra ae inches or two feet from the ground, 
i anges of planks, in order to contain 
t 
ae covered by means of painted canvas, or fom 
fuitable material; the whole being fupporte 
pofts, according to the tafte of the proprietor or perfon who 
has the management of it. 
And the body of the ftage fhould be neatly ain = 
the purpofe of ae as wellas the prefervation of the w 
of which it is co rude 
Inftead of thle is ‘of ftages, fome make ufe of a fort 
of caps or umbrellas formed of tin, or other fimilar mate- 
rials, {upporte ae on ftems or fticks 
thefe are neither fo convenient, no d fo good an ‘eat 
as the former, in difplaying the besutiee of the flowers, 
while in blow. 
But whatever may be the nature of the contrivances which 
are made ufe of for the protection and difplay of thefe curious 
flowere, the tying of the plants to the fupport-fticks fhould 
be continued as the {tems advance ; and fome curious florifts 
contrive to keep them ereé& at the pe oY the ufe of fine 
wire or otber fimilar means. And i r to procure the 
flowers as large and fine as poffible, a on off all the fide- 
fhoots from the ftems, oe only one or two of the oP 
ower buds to la ; n the flowers begia t 
€ bu rfting and ee 
n the buriters, by maki ng 
and a 
equal diftances in other places, by means of fine {mall oneal 
fciffars. The regular expanfion of the flowers may hkewife 
be ees affiftted, aac one fide is more expanded 
than the other, and the in pots, by turning the pots, 
that chet Sonia fides may have the full atuenee of the fun 
light. 
a manner, 
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an] 
And lane florifts sae to blow the curiour forts as 
e utmoft extent; ractice Is 
vifable, or aie a eon to at prefent by thofe who are 
curious in flow 
3 thefe fort ‘of plants flower lefs perfectly as they in. 
ereale in age, t is proper to provide frefh fupplies of new 
varieties of ee annually by fowing feed obtained from the 
beft forts in the {pring feafon, as direéted above, and likewife 
to continue the moft valuable double varieties by means of 
layering in the fummer months every year, or the planting 
of cuttings or pipings, but the firft is by much the befl mode 
of accomplifhing the bufinefs. 
feed, fome plants of the beft 
r uld be preferved diftin@, and fuf- 
fered to flower and ripen thie feed in a perfe& manner, which 
fhould then be taken off in the pods auc the weather is dry, 
and, after being hardened a little, rubbed out and put up in 
a oS o be placed in a dry fitvation till wanted for fowing. 
Mode eo oo S the Pink kind.— All the {pecies and varie- 
ties 0 may be increafed from feeds, and the 
pe cai forts like wife by layers, Hips, cuttings, and pipings, 
being oS as directed below 
n in 
and moft 
Where the beft forts only are grown, great care fhould be 
taken in ‘prov ing the feed, that it be always had from the 
beft a perfec kinds in a full fate se maturity. 
in the beginning of March or the following month, and the 
plants be managed i in a fimilar manner, Heel as oe more 
hardy in their nature, with lefs tendernefs, a 
But the fixth fpecies is beft increafed by ious: the feed 
ona very gentle hot-bed the eginning of April, as the ve- 
Deel is thereby much forwarde h 
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out with good roots, if the weather be {uitable, on a bed of 
light earth, at about three inches diftance, proper fhade and 
water being given. When they are of confiderable growth, 
as about the latter end of May, they fhould be removed with 
good balls of earth bean ia ee and planted where they 
are to remain for 
he layers fhould mn lad down in the latter end of July-or 
beginning of the following month, in exa he fame man- 
er as has been directed for carnations, giving them t 
fame culture in every refpedt, till they flow 
In cafes where there are large plants chat (iad confider« 
ably in a lateral manner, their fhoots may be covered ip the 
fpring to the depth of an inch or two; they will thus often 
take root, form good plants, and be in a ftate to be planted 
out in the beginning of the autumn following. 
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