May “ May. 
ferves. his beft Care. 
— them is no fmall Addition to it; and this muft 
wafh it off, 
_terd from them: 
pen an C APE: | | 
The Management of the Flower-Garden, for this Week. 
\ 
HE Auriculas will now come into Bloom, 
and they will demand a great deal of Care 
and Attention. 
their Nature, Value, and Caufe of Decay. Thus 
he will purfue his Bufinefs, as one who is a Ma- | 
fter of it from Knowledge; not from the general | 
Precepts of perhaps an ignorant Teacher. 
The Beauty of thefe Flowers demands and de 
, Fhe Duft which covers 
be preferv’d “upon them. The Rains will 
difturb it. The Sun, whofe moderate Influence 
is neceffary to- bring on the’ Bloom, will prefently | 
make it wither,” 
them too freely. 
if fuffer’d to ' fhine upon 
This will exhauft the Juices 
_ too faft; and the Flowers will prefently fade. 
To euard againft thefe Damages, the Plants, 
which have been remov’d to the Stands, and 
plac’d ‘carefully upon. Shelves, muft be farther 
_ protected by a Canvas Curtain ; this muft be. 
_ fix’d to the Top of the Stand, on the Edge of its 
Cover; and it muft be fo long, that being let 
a down it will reach to the Ground at fome confi- 
‘Jet down as to fcreen them: 
-down entirely, 
them. 
As foon as’ the Flowers are full sige let the 2 
that it may be thick-fet, as well as full ; 
Though the Flowers are to be defended from 
Rain and Winds, they muft not be’ choak’d for 
Want of Air; and though the powerful Sun at 
Noon, is not to: be admitted, yet in Times, when. 
his Bgams are lefs fierce, they- will be very fervice- 
able. 
Let the Curtain remain drawn up to the Top, 
when the Air is mild and the Sun moderate; but. 
when it fhines too violently, let it be fo far 
heavy Showers, or furious Winds, let it be drawn 
and faften’d to the Ground. 
When the Occafion i is over, it muft be drawn up 
_ again. . | : 
By this Méans the Flowers will attain 1 their 
Perfection, and will’ preferve it a long Time; a 
full Reward for te Trouble employ’d in rifing 
Gardener mark fome for Seed: he muft chufe 
thefe by the following CharaGters : | 
: The Stalk mutt ‘be upright, tall, oat firm ; 
the Number of Flowers confiderable, that the Tuft 
may be large, and their feparate Footftalks fhort ; 
ll; for when 
thefe Footftalks are too long, the F vce ftand 
too far from one another. The F lower itfelf muft 
be large and flat, regular in its Divifions, fhort 
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Let the Gardener know on what | 
Principles to undertake this, by underftanding 
therefore the Plants muft ‘be fhel-_ 
“nay the very Winds will. 
and clear. Air. 
| her Operations ; 5 and that of ripening Seeds 3 is the 
‘| require this more than the Auriculas : 
derable Diftance from the Front: this is to be 
their Defence againft all Injuries, but it muft not 
- be.us’d except whch neceflary. 
and when there are » 
OF GARDENING. 
I. | 
in the Tube, and the Colours lively, with a broad 
Eye of white or yellow. ; 
- 'Thefe are the Plants which will produce fine 
Seed ; and this is the Time to take the Care of 
ripening it. As foon as thefe are mark’d, let 
them be remov’d from the Stand. 
Let a Piece of Ground be chofe for them in 
the Seminary, open to the South-Eaft, and de- 
: fended from all other Quarters 5 ;’ and let the Pots. 
_be here fet up to the Rim in the Ground. Take 
off any decay’d Leaves,’ ftir the Mould about the 
Surface, and from Time to Time give the Pots a 
gentle Watering. aes 
_ This Way the Seeds will ripen ‘perfectly, and 
produce good Plants. They who leave them on 
the Stands have poor Seeds, for there wants free 
This is needful to Nature in all 
principal. 
While this Care is taken of procuring good 
Seeds for a fucceeding Year, let good Caution be 
us’d about the Produce of thofe of a former Sow- 
ings 
We have dire&ed the Peet ch and other 
Seedlings to be fhelter’d from the Sun; and none — 
two Hours 
full Sun will deftroy perhaps every Plant of them. 
They muft be carefully defended from this, ei-. 
ther by their Situation, or proper Shading ; and the 
Mould muft be kept free from the leaft budding 
of a Weed, and often refrefh’d with Water, a 
little at a Time. 
Let the Slips we laft Week directed to be 
: planted out from the old Roots of Auriculas, be 
alfo every Day watch’d till they take Root ; | 
fhading them occafionally, and watering. 
This Week is the great Seafon of the whole 
-Year for the Care of the Auriculas, and we have 
therefore at large deliver'd the Management of 
| them. © ‘ a. 
Many other of the fineft Flowers - the Ga 
den will now alfo be difclofing their Beauties ; the 
Hiyacinths, Ranunculus’ S, aay and Tulips, - 
_ Thefe we have directed to be planted in particular 
Beds, and they muft be all treated with the fame 
kind of Care we advife to be us’d for the Auri- 
riculas on their Stands. 
We have directed thefe Beds to be planted with 
- Hoops for drawing on Mats, to defend the Roots . 
-and Buds from the Severity of the Winter; and 
the fame Defence will now be needful, not only 
againft Rain and Winds, but againft too much 
Sun. Winds will break the Stalks, heavy Showers 
will beat down the Bloom, and too much Sun will - 
quickly exhauft thofe delicate Juices which fupply” 
the Flower, ‘and it will fade: therefore to preferve 
thefe Beauties long in their full Perfection, they — 
mF mutt 
