Nov. 
doing it at a proper Time: 
fore let the Gravel be well rolled: 
OF GARDENING. 
it is ufed, and turned frequently, that no Weeds 
may grow upon it ; and that it may have all the 
Advantage of the Sun, Air and Rains, 
There are two Methods of propagating it ; 
the one by parting the Roots, and the other by | 
Sowing. © 
The Way by Off-fets from the Root is eafieft, 
and. moft. expeditious ; 
which produces thofe Off-fets flowly. It ripens 
its Seeds very well with us, and therefore that is 
the beft Way of procuring its Encreafe. 
Early in Spring let thefe be fown upon a Hot- 
Bed, fcattering a few at a Diftance, one from a- 
nother ; and covering them a peeps of ‘an 1 Inch 
with fine Mould. : 
When the Plants appear, ‘pull up the Weakeft, 
leaving only about half a Dozen, and thefe at a 
good Diftance. 
Thus they may ftand till they have fome little 
Height ; then they muft be removed into ano- 
ther Hot-bed; and after fome Time in that, 
tranfplanted into Pots of the Compoft. ; 
Thefe Pots muft be fet in a Hot-bed Frame, 
and the new planted Geraniums watered careful- 
ly. Inthis Place, they muft be fhaded, till well. 
SOOO III OI NOI III IOI HIT 
but this is a Kind 
are oy beautiful. 
rooted : and then hardened to the Air by Dew 
grees, | sed 
~-When the Summer is advanced; they mutt be 
fet out among the Exoticks, ‘and at the Approach, 
Winter taken into the Green-houle, 
Some of thefe feedling Plants T- have uf Goad | 
| cx to bear Crimfon, ied others; white Rigw: 
; but-even the White, by Means of their, Spats! 
There is no Way'to:be fure 
of the Colour of Flowers, sig by planting OF- 
fets from the Roots. : if 
Thefe when they are to be had wood: deferve' 
Preference. 
Watering, fet in a fhady Place. | 
When they begin to fhoot, they fant Bo 
brought where chete is a more free’ Air, and 
fome Sun, and from that Time watered gently 
once in two Days. | 
They) will quickly come ret under this. 
Management ; and they are then’to be brought 
out among the Exoticks, for the Remainder ar 
Summer ; and treated afterwards 4 in “all Refpects 
as the others. 
CH A 2. IL 
Bye Management of the Flower-Garden, for the Middle of November. 
TILL there are fome few Hants, which © 
brave the Cold, and keep their Flowers up- 
on them in the open Air; thefe are extreme- 
ly to be cherifhed, tho’ their Kind be but in- 
different ; -and where there is lefs Value in the 
Plant, the Gardener may be more free in that 
Management, which will continue it Flower- 
ing... 
The Care of the Plants in the Management of 
many who call themfelves good Gardeners, robs 
the Ground of half its Beauty. We proceed up- 
on a different Plan: we fhall direct the Means of 
raifing a Supply with little Trouble; and we 
fhall never fail to put our Reader in Mind of 
therefore we fhall 
dire him to be more indulgent to the Eye, in 
thefe late Seafons, even at the Hazard of his 
Roots ; where that is neceflary. 
Our Plan is to render a Garden at all Times 
the moft agreeable that it can be made; and 
where there is a Supply ready for the next Year, 
we fhall be more free with thofe flowering Plants 
which decorate the prefent : This we fhall explain 
in the Treatment we are about to direct for 
them. 
The Seafon of Walking is not yet over, there- 
it needs it 
more naw, than at moft other Times, for this 
will prevent the Wet from penetrating it, and 
the Frofts from mouldering it. 
Let a good firm dry Walk be thus prepared, 
and let the next Care be to love or to pre- 
ferve a pleafing Afpect in the Borders. 
Where Roots are planted that do not yet ap- 
pear, nothing but Cleanlinefs can give Satisfac- 
tion. 
They muft be planced: fingly, in 
| Pots of the fame Compoft, and’ after- one > gentle 
Once i ina Week let the Ground be lightly ra- | 
ked over thefe, till the Time of their fhooting : 
it gives an Air of Culture, and is always plex 
ing. ; \ 
Wer let him look over the Plants which con- 
tinue yet with fome Flowers on them; and exa- 
mine what are abfolutely paft it. 
Let him begin with the latter, for the Manage- 
ment of them is very eafy; and all that is to be ~ 
done, is to cut them down.to the Ground; then 
the Earth is to be raked over them, and a little 
frefth Mould fcattered on. 
This gives the fame Afpect sp Care and Cul- : 
ture hat we have juft defcribed; and has two 
oreat Advantages befide : It deftroys the very 
Rudiments of Weeds and Mofs, and it ftreneth- 
ens the Plants for the fucceeding Sumter | 
For this Work let him take the mildeft Days: 
there will be Frofts occafionally, and they will 
mellow the Surface of the Ground. It will break 
eafier under the Rake, and fall better about the 
Roots, than at any other Time. 
This Care being over, let him look round up- 
on thofe Plants, which yet have fome Flowers 
on them. 
He will find thefe naturally divided into two 
Kinds. 
