OF GAR DE NING. 4.15 
May. ‘Week, and clean them : then (tend them out on | fach a Multiplicity of Petals, that it requires che May: 
‘= g Mat in a dry airy Room, and when they are’ 
‘a little harden’d, put them up till the Time of 
planting, which fhould be about nine Weeks | 
after the taking them out. 
A great deal depends upon the iedatgeite of 
Roots in this refpeét, and the different Kinds in— 
general require a various Conduat. If thefe be 
kept too long out of the Ground, the Flowers 
not only will come late, but they will be poor : 
the Tulip requires a longer Time of being out of 
the Earth ; and the Fritillary, of which we have 
‘treated ‘particularly in this Number, will {carce 
bear tobe outatall, © > : 
_ There is: in’ many of the bulbous. Kinds a 
Time of Reft between the Decay of the Leaves, 
and the fhooting for the next Bloom, | 
If this be carefully attended, and the Roots 
kept fo long out of the Ground, the Purpofe of | 
Nature is more perfeétly anfwer’d thah it can be 
while they remain under the Earth. No wet warm 
Seafons can fet them to growing at an oe ge 
Time; nor cold Damp rot them. 
When committed to frefh Earth aftér this ab- 
folute Reft, they draw their Noutifhment with 
more Vigour, and the Bloom is always finer : 
but if the due Period be not obferved, all is the 
- worfe for taking: them up. Practice, not read- 
ing, muft inftruck us’ in this nice Point; for 
~ hitherto they who have writteh have cither mif- 
‘taken, or concealed it, in many Inftances; What | 
we lay down’ as the Rule: is the Refult of Trial ; 
and if it differs from: theirs, *tis becaufe we have 
fous it better. 
The tuberotis rooted Flowers of the fame Sed" | | 
- fon with the Colchicums, will be at the fame 
“Time i in a Condition to be removed. Thefe are 
‘not to be taken up and laid’ by as the others ; 
~ ‘but planted afreflt like the F ritillary, as foon as | | 
| and Fragrance, that all Care thould be taken not 
They havea Time of Reft as well as the | ino i i 
others, and it is marked out to the Gardener | ' 
taken out ‘of the Ground. 
by the fame Signal, the Decay of their Leaves. 
This is the Time when the Vegetation of ¢ but | 
full Nourifhment which can be convey’d to it 
from the Quantity of Mould its Pot contuins. 
Therefore let the Plant be now examin’d care- 
| fully. Let all decay’d Leaves be taken off. Let - 
a fmall firm Stick be thruft down as clofe as can 
be to the Stalk, without hurting the Root: and 
to this let the Stalk be ty’d between every Joint. 
The Stick and the Wortted fhould be as near as 
poffible of the Colour of the Stalk to conceal 
this. 
Let the Gardener then examine hehe theré 
be moreBuds than one: if fo, they muft be difplaced 
now before they exhauft the Nourifhment ; for 
the Earth being barely fufficient, with the beft 
Management, to bring one Flower to its full Per- 
fection, two muft ftarve each other. 
Let the Mould be ftir’d gently at the Surface, 
and fome frefh rich Compoft fprinkled over it ; 
and let the Pot be fet where there is faRerats 
Sun, and let it have frequent Waterings. 
When the Bud is near burfting, the Stick 
-fhould be cut off jutt below i its Bafe ; and it will 
thus be fupported perfectly, and difclofe its Full: 
nefs without Conftraint, 
~ Let the tendereft of the Annuals raifed in Hot- 
beds now have their laft Removal. The re{t are 
by this Time in the open Ground, thefe muft not 
be trufted out of Pots; and they thould now bé 
allow'd fuch as are of a due Bignefs. Thefe mut 
be filled with the richeft Garden Mould, unlefs 
the Plant’ be “fach ‘as ‘require a particular Com- 
\poft; and they muft be tapas? into them with 
all poffible Cation. © 
The Pots mutt then be fet’ upon” a Hot-bed 
‘that has loft its firft Feat, and it will be a creat 
| Fecal gerne to them if a Quantity of light dry 
‘Mould be thrown inbetween them. 
The Tubetofe is a Flower of fo much Beauty 
“The firtt Roots we have directed to be ‘put into. 
a Hot-bed will be coming very forward, and the 
Seafon is over, and that of the next is not be. | feveral fucceffive Plantations will ‘follow One ano- 
gun. This therefore is the Time when they beft — 
bear Removal ; and being planted in a freth Soil | 
immediately, they are encouraged to fhoot ftrong- | : 
ly for the autumnal flowering. The autumnal 
Cyclamen may ftand as an Inftance for this Prac- 
tice. 
This Week let the Saedencs fee in Ls Places | 
the climbing Plants may be proper ; and commit 
to the Ground their Seeds.. They will have a 
Chance ftill of coming to PerfeGtion ; and if wet 
follows, will ‘often be the fineft of ‘their Kind in 
the Ground.’ The Indian Crefs, the larger Kinds. 
of Conyolvulus, and the Sweet-pea will ‘all be 
proper. — | , 
The Carnations will now thew ‘the Buds for 
their flowering. This fhould be watch’d, for- it 
is a critical’ Tithe: and a great deal of Advantage 
will arife from a careful and judicious: Manage- | 
ment; what is to be done depends ¢ on this one | 
Principle. wr 
The Carnation is fo large a Flower, and has 
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ther according to their Time. 
We now advife the laft : glet fome good Roots 
“be feleéted, and a Hot-bed. chofen. tise has moe 
derate Warmth. Thofe we order’d to be planted 
eaflieft will be in flower in the Beginning of next 
| Month; the others will come in "els As: Time | 
| ateobbandé, and thefe which are planted now will 
| flower about Ofober, 
There ‘is nothing better for planting them in 
than rich Garden Mould, ‘The Roots mutt be 
well examin’d before they are put into the Pots, ° 
for by this Time many will be decay’d. When 
found to- be perfe@, the outer Skins mutt be 
| taken off; and if there be any Off- fets, they 
mutt alfo be taken away. 
> The Root thus clean’d, muft g: pe in a 
fall Pot of this Mould,. and coyer’d about a 
Quarter of an Inch. 
The Roots being all planted, let. the Pots. be 
| fet ‘upon. the Mould in the Hot-bed; and a little 
of it juft gather’d up about their Bottoms. Then 
let 
