== per’d Shelf to harden. 
After a Week or ten Days feparate the Seeds | 
fromthe Head: let them liea Week more to harden, 
and then paper them up for Sowing. | 
In the fecond Week in Auguftchufe a Part of the 
Seminary that is open to. the South-Eaft, and is 
upon a rifing Part of the Ground. Dig out the 
Mould, fill up the Place with the Compoft, and 
lay the Surface level. ak Ge ONS aay 
Mix with the Seeds fix Times their Quantity of 
dry Pafture-Mould, and let them be perfeétly 
blended with it, fo as not to lie. in Clufters. together. 
Then fow'them with this Mould carefully upon 
the Bed, in a ftill calm Evening. Sift over them © 
a Quarter of an Inch of the fame Compott, and 
jay upon the Bed fome Hawthorn-Bufhes; not to 
cover it up clofe, but co keep off Injuries... 
Every Day, an Hour.before Noon, draw a 
Mat over the whole Bed. The Bufhes will fup- 
- port this, and give Air underneath. Leet it be re- 
mov’d at Four in .the Afternoon; and when the 
Weather is cloudy, let it be wholly omitted. The 
only Purpofe of this Shelter, is to prevent the too 
powerful Effect of the Mid-day Sun at that Sea- 
fon, which would dry up the Compoft to abfolute 
Duft, and burn the.Seeds. . 
If no Showers. fall, the Bed muft once in ten 
Days be water’d ; but in this there will berequir’d | 
great Care.. If it be done in a rafh Manner, half 
the Seeds, will be wafh’d out of the Ground. A 
fmall Pot with a fine Nofe mutt be us’d, and this fo - 
manag’d, that the Water may fall foftly upon the 
Surface, like a gentle Shower, refrefhing and 
moiftening the Earth without difturbing it. _ 
_ The Bufhes are all this Time to remain upon 
the Ground, except it fhould be neceffary to re- 
move them, to pick out any chance Weeds. | 
The firft Week in Ofober let them be taken 
away entirely, and let. a Couple of Reed-Hedges 
be hung on Hinges, at the North and Eaft Ends 
of the Bed. Thefe muft be drawn in to defend 
the Ground in fevere Weather, but at other Times. 
left open. cee i 7 
In the Middle of Oéever the young Plants will 
appear. The Bed muft then be carefully weeded ; 
and if they grow too clofe in any. Part, they 
muft be. thin’d. ee Omaee oe 
Two or three Houps muft now be plac’d over 
the Bed, and a Canvas or Mat laid in Readinefs, 
to draw over it on Occafion. 
With thefe Defences prepar’d in Time, the 
Plants will be kept alive thro’ the Winter. The Bed 
muft be now continually weeded, that not. the. 
leaft Shoot of any thing be feen upon it but” the 
Plants. 
If gentle Showers fall, they mutt be. admitted 
freely to the Ground: if it be a Seafon of 
Drought, their Place muft be fupply’d by Wa- | 
terings; but when heavy Rains fall, the Canvas 
or Mat muit be drawn over the Hoops,. to fhelter 
the young Plants from them. | ae 
This is neceffary on two-Occafions, for thefe 
hafty Showers which fall with Violence, will often 
wafh: away the Mould from the tender Roots, 
to. their certain Deftrudtion; and often fo much 
OF, GARDENING. 
tendereft will rot them; or the firft Frofts of Win- 
ter following them, will have the more Effect 
upon the Mould from. its Wetnefs, and will 
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May. ‘with a Piece of the Stalk, and lay them on a pa- | Wet will fettle on the Bed, as lying about the May. 
harden it in Clods, with Cracks between, which _ 
will admit the cold Air to their DeftruGion, 
This is the Care needful in Regard of Rains, 
In frofty Weather the Mat or Canvas muft be — 
drawn over the Hoops every Evening, and_ re. 
mov’d every Morning; or, when very fevere, kept : 
on all Day: and againit the cold and. nipping 
Winds of early Spring, the Reed Fence is to be 
turn’d upon its Hinge, according to the Quarters 
from whence they blow. } 
Thus. will the Plants be preferv’d. i Vaerais, 
thro’ the Winter... In Spring they muft be kept 
carefully weeded, and as the Summer advances, | | 
fometimes gently water’d. 
In Fune the Leaves will decay. cs aa 
Let the Roots then be carefully taken up. 
é 
Let the Compoft be dug out, and a freth_ 
Quantity prepar’d for the Purpofe be put in, and 
let the Bed be enlarg’d, fo that it may hold the 
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Roots at due Diftance. ay 
Let the Surface be levell’d, and Lines drawn 
a-crofs and lengthways, at four Inches afunder ; 
and in the Centre of each Square place one Root; : 
with the Bud upwards. Sift over thefe half an | 
Inch of Mould, and manage them in Refpect of 
Weeding and Watering as at firft, placing the 
Reed Fence tothe Southward, to. fhade the: 
Ground from the full Sun. - Sag | 
The third Week in Ofober give the Bed a very 
careful and perfect Weeding: then fift on half an 
_Inch more of the Compoft, and defend it as 
the former Winter. 
Early in Spring the young Plants will appear 
very vigorous and ftrong, and a great many of 
them will flower. 
|The Gardener is not to judge of their Value 
from thefe their early and maiden Flowers : they 
is in fucceeding Seafons. © | 
This Spring let a larger Quantity of Compoft 
be prepar’d, and let the Plants now be well at- 
tended. 
When the Leaves are decay’d, let them be 
| taken. carefully out. of the Ground, clean them 
from the Mould that hangs about them, pick 
away the decay’d Stalks, and then {ptead them 
upon a Mat in an airy Room, where the Sun does 
not: fhine in. Ea 
When they have lain here long enough to 
harden, pick off any Mould that might be left 
about them at ‘firft: tye them up in fmall 
Bags, not too many together, for Fear of their 
gathering Damp, and hang them up out of the 
Way of Accidents, or Vermin, 
The laft Week in Auguft chufe a Place in the 
Flower-Garden for planting them. Let it be 
- open to, the South-Eaft, and defended from the 
full Eaft and North. Mark out a Space fufficient 
for the Roots, and dig away the Mould three 
Quarters, of a Spade deep. Pring in the Com-. 
poft prepar’d for this Purpofe of” the {ame Ingre- 
dients, and in the fame Manher as the firft. 
Throw 
will often promife a great deal, but the Perfe@ion _ 
