‘A COMPLEAT BODY 
Jan. . frefth Earthing; and that done, ie are to be pre- , 
— ferved from Froft, 
‘ 
” fer the’ Pbrpofe : if the’ Plants be' too much co- 
and defended againft great. 
during the Remainder of the fevere 
without 
Rains, 
Seafon; 
keeping off all Wet, 
which would _ ftarve 
them. | 
doing it: indeed, 
ith a Flotift’s Eyé, we fhall fe their Prac- 
be drawn: decafionally ovef the Beds: but for the 
Seafon now coming this will by no Means aii- 
vered;, they will draw up weak:and be of little Va- 
is too violent from. this Clofenefs. to the open Air. 
dn, the former Months of Winter, when the 
| Plants are in a. State: of. Rett it. may fucceed, 
but. now. the, F lower-head is. form’d 
Centre, and.-is ready to pufh forward. 
This unnatural. Smothering, and violent 
Change from. ‘that to Opennefs, vill be deftruc- 
tive of their Beatity. 
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in. their 
cefsful Practice. 
This Method, the Piblick: owés- to ma in- 
genious Mr. Tomas Barnes, of Elfoam, 
in Lincolnfire,; from whom we receive the 
‘Account,’ and to whofe Cotrefpondence we hope 
‘to be farther indebted in iso Courfe of this 
Work. : 
“cula: bicsthat : 
pect. 
sity of, Sand and Coal-Athes, and having 1 raked | 
them to.a due and equal Thicknels, 3 in the Rhea 
of January dig them in, 
Break the whole very well, 
it a dry light. Soil. 
_ Prepare a Reed- hedge of the common Make, i 
fix Feet high, and feitad’to the Extent of the 
Ground. 
Cut a Piece of broad Mat of the Length 
of the Hedge, and faften it to the Top dltie 
one Edge. 
-Choaking them for want 
SRE which would draw ‘theds up weak, or | Compott, 
We fhall Iay down a very enter Method for 
the true Florift to obferve ; which, tho’ new to the | 
‘Publick, has been confirmed by many Years fuc- 
~ .| would upright. 
| is proper, and the Gardener will maiieritpad it is to 
Mr. ‘Banwrs’s Method of managing Auris | sae to the fouthward,: 
and ‘bebe Ma. | 
Socal thus mixing with the Mould, will. make ! 
Cut a Number of Pees, fit to keep down | 
the other Edge of the Mat when let to the Ground; 
and having by the End of the prefent Week laid 1 ang violent Rains, they muft not be kept with- 
_all thefe Things ready, the Work will be | 
ealy. 
Take the Opportunity of the firft mild Wea- 
ther that comes after this for dreffing the Plants, 
and let it be done with great Care, remembring *| 
“that the Bud of the Flower is already form’d in 
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| this Centre; and that if they be rudely difturbed, 
it will do more harm, than all the good that can +——=. 
come from: the Dreffing. 
Break and turn up alice one of our Heaps of 
Then one by one take up the Pots. 
In the Place of this, put in fome of the: ge a 
: poft, and carefully draw it up about. the Plants, 
_ A great deal of Care muft be taken that none of 
it gets among the Leaves; and then. the higher 
it is drawn up about them the better, © 
One by one let all the Pots be managed in 
this Way ; and when the whole are ‘fniftied, let 
jue; andinwhatever Mannet it is: done, the Change | 
them be fet in Rows in the Bed of Earth pre- 
| pared for them as juft directed, as clofe as the Pots 
can ftand to one another. 
| They may be thus fet the whole Length of 
the Ground, aad to the Breadth of three F eet, 
for thus fat they will be perfectly well pro- 
teéted from all Danger; by the Hedge Bae as 
we are about to direct. 
The Pots being’ in, and the Mould aka 
up to their Rim,” let the Hedge furnithed with its 
Mat, be brought to the Place, and ‘let itbe fix- 
ed in the Ground to defend them: not upright, 
but floping three Feet and a t Half or a little 
more. a 
| When it is sealed in: the ‘gid Direction, 
eal it be fecured by feveral Stakes; and: to thefe it 
may be fo faftened,. that it will ftand much 
more decure: in the flanting Direction, than it 
We have named the Afpect that 
Thus. let the - Hedge ftand in ~olk common 
Wether with its Mat hanging back upon it, 
Beet polanneys ee ee 2 | awhith fervés ‘as'a double Defenee, Hughaning the 
Le Chufe a Piece ‘Of ie rcsiad this lie high, and in | | 
a South, or from South-eatt to South-weft At — | 
Strew over the Surface a good Quai. | 
Hedge. 
In fevere Weather, every teen let the Mat 
be drawn over and hang perpendicular as it falls; 
| fatten the Edge to the Ground, with the Bons 
prepared for that Purpofe, and in this Man- 
ner let it remain all Night, and if the Wea- 
ther be. very hard; for the firft Hours. of 
the Morning. 
efterwiaccs it. muft be thrown back upon the 
Hedge, the Bed left open, and this Management 
continued as long as the Weather is fevere: At 
all other Times the Hedge alone is a fufficient 
Defence, and the Plants thus fhoot at Leifure, 
open tothe Sun and Air, and yet defended from 
violent Rains, Snows, and the cold northern 
Blafts. 
While the Plants are thus defended from Cold 
out Water. 
In fevere Frofts nothing muft be done in this 
Matter; becaufe *tis Water that gives the Froft 
its worft Power over Plants - 
be mild and open when they are dreffed, as foon 
as they are in the Bed, let them have a gentle Wa- 
tering ; 
that has for its Bafis good Pafture - 
Earth moderately enriched ; and: lay a Quantity. of 
_ this ready for the Plants. 
The common “Wrers know the Neceffity of | | 
this, but ‘they give imperfect Directions for } 
if we examine their Pots *| 
Pick 
«Off all decayed Leaves; and lightly ftirring the 
Earth at the Surface, take it off as deep as you — 
can, without hurting the Roots. 
tice agrees nd better with Reafon « or true Khow- 
| ledge, “haa their Writings. °-- : ae 
, oF hey order Hoops and an “Awning v6 Mats to 
but if the Weather | 
jan, 
