OF GARDENING 
Oob, Summer; and the keeping them een and decent, | 
where they have ‘no a¢tual Beauty. 
The Leaves of many of thofe Plants which ate I 
to flower in Spring, will make a pleafing Appear- 
vance, and give Variety in Autumn : 
ie te thiee the moft, by keeping them in good 
Order, and clearing the Ground between them. 
Whatever dead Leaves there are among the 
others, fhould be taken off; and if any ftragele 
or fall irregularly, fuch fhould alfo be retrench’d. 
_ When thefe Shoots, from the feveral Roots, are - 
thus in Order, let all Weeds be taken from be- | 
tween them ; and let the Ground be rak’d fmooth 
where it is good; and refrefh’d with fome fotteh _ 
‘Dung and Pond- Wad; ‘where it is pee and ex- |. 
haufted. 
There aré: other Borders: in twliieh nothing iis: | 
thefe afte fich as coftaih | 
the Roots of thofe Flowers, ‘which are to be the 
“pears above (srovind : 
Glory of the fucceeding Spring 
All that can bé done bith dele ig to keep | 
therefore lee this-be done if the mait © 
‘Let there not be feen upon | 
them the Shoot of the fmalleft Weed; ; and take : 
them clean ; 
perfect Manner. 
Care to preferve that little Rounding we have or- 
dered to be given them; that the Wet may not 
lodge in any particular Places to damage. the. 
Roots. 
Though the Pride of staan is over, sep ie 
Autumnal Flowers are beginning to decay, yet 
there are a few which will retain their Beauty, un- 
lefs particularly fevere Weather. prevent it -fome 
Weeks longer, 
Let the beft poffible fous be sala of thefe, 
The Starworts, Marvel of Peru, and inten of 
the other tender Annuals continue in ower... , 
To keep them in their Vigour, draw up ae 
Earth. about their Stems, pick off decay’d Leaves, 
‘water them daily ; and ftir me Earth at a Diftance 
round their Roots,” | 
_. This will keep. them flowering ftronger and 
Jonger than they. would. otherwife;. and this will be 
farther promoted; by cutting’ off the decay’d Flow- 
ers of fuch as ripen their Seed eafily, if it be not 
wanted. ~ 
This Care being taken of the Borders, cade [Pd up thE Rin ina Bed of common Mould, 
_ But as the Tart is fubject to acquire a latent Heat, 
fo the Dampnefs of common Mould gives the Froft 
* too much Power; and where it is wetter than Or- 
. dinary, wilh deftroy the Plants it was viol ta 
preferve, 
thefe three Directions the Walits and Edgings 
come into Regard. — 
‘The Gravel muft be, from Time to Time, 
clear’d of Weeds, and when there is Wet, well 
_ roll’d, this will give it great Firmnefs: a very 
confiderable Advantage for Winter walking, 
~ Where.thete’ is’ Box wanting in the Edgings, 
Jet it be now planted’; 
the Gardener to be more critical thal moft ufually 
are. © 
_ When any:Part begins to decay, it very: rarely: | 
Time or Trouble ; and we therefore advife him; 
by all Means, tounend the leaft — as: fon’ as it 
appears. 
- The -firft F voli often din a great deal of Damage | 
so the Carnation=Plants , and’ there’ is’ no Part of 
the Gardener’s Bufinefs’ more irregularly executed 
thanthe Care of them. Sortie leave them’ expos’d; 
in which Cafe many are loft, and more are injur'd': 
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of this he 
and in ‘this we fhall direét | 
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others, in the Extreme of Care, keep thei fo -Octob. 
Clofe, ‘that they deftroy or weaken them. 
We foal, on this Occafon, lay before the Public 
a Method of preferving them from Damage, 
communicated ina Letter froma worthy 
Corref/pondent, to whom we have been much 
indebted for his Communications to our Hus- 
BANDRY,. 
GENTLEMEN; 
Mr. ‘Miiizr direéts plunging the Pots; in 
which Carnations are planted, into a Bed’of tottén 
Tan: «but we: have heard’ him for this many 
Times coridemned,’ Indeed, the want of diie 
Care has ‘caus’d fome Part of what Has; in thefe 
Cafes, been attributed to his Advice; but, upon - 
the whole, Tan is nét the proper Marrer to be 
us’d on his Oceafion; for two very fubftantial 
Reafons.. (i ‘i 
In the art Place We are to confider; that the 
Intent is to .preferve the Plants from Frofts, which 
might penetrate the thin loofe Subftance of the Pots. 
This muft be done by Means of fomething ‘that 
will fall clofe to them; but Tan is fool in its 
Texture ; and the Froft- which is fevere enough ta 
get thro’ the Pots, will not be kept off by that 
| poor Defence. 
In the fecond Place, few can judge when. the 
Fermentation of Tan is abfolutely over: for when 
it has. no longer the Power to heat, fo as to be 
- fenfible to the Hand, it will till retain the latent 
Principles of a new Fermentation, of a lighter 
Kind, which yet will be enough to force the Plants 
forward at a very improper Time, This was the 
Occafion of the Accident I laft faw, | 3 
The Florift had plung’d his Pots in Tan which 
feem’d retten enough, and which he thought had — 
long loft all Powér of heating ; but the ‘flirting 
and breaking. it for the Reception of them, 
gave it fo much of a new F ermentation, that the 
Plants thot yanatarallys, and were defirog ¢ by the © 
next F roft. 
The other Practice moft in Ufe, is to fet the 
The bad Aeculerta I ee Cen attend chase dif. 
ferent Methods, were the Caufe of my trying my- 
- felf,. and recommending to my Friends a Praétice 
of my own devifing; the Succefs of which has 
now (for fourteen Years in my own, and 
near as. longi in feveral of m Friends Gardéhs 
- gecoyers. The planting it a-frefh; takes very little’ | ro o nee, weer am glad Y ceDuaaee 4 
of recommending it-to' all’ who delight in this Soe 
vereign of Flowers. 
In the firft Place, lot the Plants, at’ the Eo? of 
Summer, be put into’ fomewhat larger Pots than 
} thofe- our Florifts commonly ufe; bécaufé the _ 
greater. Quantity. of Earth will better. defend the 
Roots. 7 | 
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