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April. ments can ‘only be lees by our isiage of taking fo that ’tis difficult to bring them off entire, April. 
the Flower to Pieces. : 
Let the Student begin with one of the chiral 
exterior Petals, and denithy take it off, by pulling. 
© downwards; it will. come entire and fimple, with no 
Filament or Gland annext, but with a plain fmooth 
Bafe; the other two will a: the oe in es 
{ame Manner. | 
_ There will! remain upon the Stalk the three 3 in- 
ner Petals, and all the fix Filaments, whofe F1- 
eure he will now diftinguith very perfectly : and 
he will wonder how it came, Linn avs, ufually 
correct, call’d them dreviffima; for they are of 
very confiderable Length, more than a third of 
an Inch) excluifiveof the Anthere. | 
He will, on this ftri&t Examination, alfo bidinb 
the Term obti/um, apply’d to. the Divifions of 
the Stigma, fot they are: fplit-. Perhaps this 
Fault is to be laid on Tournerort’s Figure: 
for. neithéf) Lidnzivs ‘nor wise Man can go thro’ 
all Nature with his own Hand. » | 
_ The three outer! Petals takenoff, let our Stii- 
‘ats in the fame: careful Manner, feparate one of 
the three inner; he will find this come off with 
one, of . the Filaments annex’d to>it, and fo will 
the'two-others.) If thefe three Petals be carefully | 
taken off, they bring with them three of the fix | 
Filaments, the!otheér thrée adhering only to. the 
Receptacle, as ) dona thefe. sibs at etheit i inher Edge, 
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| where there is a little Shade and Moifture : 
- fhews the proper Culture. 
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Thefe three Filaments are inferted at the very ———— 
Bafe of the Petal; and there is a kind of Furrow, 
along which they run, with a {mall roundifh 
Gland on each Side clofe at the Bafe. . Thefe are 
the Nectaria of the Flower. 
é Culture of the ERyTHRONIUM. 
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The Plant is a Native of many of the Northern 
| as well as Southern Parts of Europe, and alfo of 
North America. It thrives beft on the Sides of Hills, 
this 
Let a Border be chofen that is open to the 
Evening Sun, fhaded from Noon, and that will 
hold a little Moifture. Let this be fill’d up with 
ie equal Mixture of rich Meadow-Earth and 
' Pond- Mud, and in this propagate the Plants. 
The ready Way is by Off-fets from the old 
y Roots, which muft be taken off in the Beginning 
of Fune, and planted immediately ; ; but the better 
) Method i 1S, by Seeds. 
“Thefe ‘fhould. be chofen from fine Plants, and 
fown in Auguft on the fame Border, theltering the 
Ground by a few Bufhes in Winter, | and ee 
wards keeping the Plants free from Weeds, and 
| occafionally water’d. 
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are of a proper Growth for their, Removal, 
be planted out into: new Hot-Beds. : Let‘ thefe be 
— eovered deeper than’ the former; and the Roots 
be taken up. with a. great. deal of. Care = they 
mutt be fhaded, and at, Times water’d and the 
Air muft be admitted im the Middle, of hot Days: 
We fpeak here of. the-tenderer, Kinds only, the 
— Gomphrenas fineft Amaranths, -and Double Balfams. 
The China Afters will . be fit for - tranfplant- 
ing ; and. as thefe in. the; fineft Kinds are very 
beautiful, we fhall advife the Gardener to manage 
them three different Ways, | that he may haye every 
Advantage ¢ of Variety and Succéffion, oot, 
“Let the Plants now be divided into three equal 
Parts : Tet. one third be planted out upon. a Hot- 
Bed, with a Frame: ; another Parcel upon a flighter | The Grafs will thew itfelf very {trong in Growth, 
_and if neglected but a few Days now, will be rank 
Hot-Bed, hoop’d and matted ; and the third i into 
the opén Ground, in a fine gene and rich Border, 
Thefe laft may take their Chance unremov’d; the 
‘others are tobe tranfplanted again, as wé fhal] di- 
Mi at the due Seafons. | 
Let all Carnation Plants which are to Ab veer 
‘the fucceeding Summer, be carefully manag’d. 
“Ohte again, ‘let dead Leaves, if there be any fuch, 
be pick’d off; let Sticks. be thrutt carefully but 
firmly into the Ground, for tyeing them up; and 
- r 1HIS Week 6 Pee Aiteibales which | 
ferent Places; Jet the Mould be* carefully broke 
about them, and, as it appears dry, refrefh’d with 
let thane be falten’d: to them py two. or use dif: 
gentle Waterings. 
Mark out fuch Spots as will conveniently re- 
ceive the feveral Kinds of Lupines, fweet Peafe, 
and the {mall Convolvulus ; and fow their feveral 
Seeds in well broken Mould. When the Plants 
come up, the weakeft muft be taken away, that 
the others may have Room ;. and after this Weeds 
muft be clear’d away 3 ; and they muft have the 
Support of Sticks, and frequent moderate Water- 
Ings, 
Thus may end the Bufinefs of the Week in the 
Borders ; but the Walks muft now employ a 
oreat deal of the Gardener’s Care and Time. 
and coarfe all Summer. 
and roll’d carefully. 
, The too vigorous Growth of the Stalks will 
thus be check’d, and inftead of a fmall Number 
of hard Stumps, left by fucceeding Mowings, 
there will be thus an Abundance of young’Leaves 
It muft be mow’d often, 
from the Ground-Joints of all that are taken off 
at their firft fhooting. 
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