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The Management of the Flower-Garden, for this Week. ; 
: HE Seafon is now come for propagating ) Look to the Layers after this every other Day to 
thofe fibrous rooted Flowers which fucceed | fee they all keep in their due Place ; and as often 
by Layers; and let the Gardener begin with his | as the Mould grows dry; give. them a gentle 
OF GARDENING. 
‘Pinks and Carnations. 
The Method of raifing the Carnation in its 
higheit Perfection ; and of ¢ obtaining new Flowers, 
is from Seed: this we fhall deliver at: large when 
we treat of fome of the fineft Kinds in a fuc- 
ceeding Number: here we give the Way of en- 
creafing the Plants which are worthy that Care, 
by the much eafier Method of laying. 
It is the Nature of the Carnation to fend out 
from the Head of the Root many oblique Shoots. 
As foon as thefe are long enough to bear laying, 
that fhould be done; for always the younger the 
Shoot the better it roots: they are in favourable 
Seafons fit for the Purpofe about this Time; in 
others, a Week or two longer does the Bufinefs. 
Provide for this Service a Quantity of rich 
Garden Mould, a Penknife with a fharp and thin 
Point; and feveral little hooked Pegs, or forked 
Sticks, Let every thing be in atta ford and the 
Work will go on pleafantly: 
Clear away any Filth that may lie about the 
Plant; then ftir the Surface of the Mould; and 
jay on as much of the-freth as will raife it about 
three Quarters of an Inch, more or Jefs, accord- 
ing to the Length and gy se of Growth in the 
Shoot. 
The Defign of this is, that tn Mould may. 
rife conveniently to the Shoots; and there may 
be no Violence in bringing them down: for this 
is often the Occafion of their flipping off; and if 
that be not the Cafe, the Juices do not flow freely 
where the Shoot is put too much out of its natu- 
ral Direction. | 
This done, clean the Shoots, and prepare 
them one by one for laying: fix upon a ftrong 
Joint, about the middle Part of the Shoot, and 
with the Penknife flit it from that Joint two- 
| thirds of the Space toward the next. 
Then pull off the lower Leaves ; and cut off 
the Tops of thofe at the Head of the Shoot; cut 
two or three gafhes lightly in the Joint, below 
the Slit; and then-open the Mould to recdive 
the Layér.. Prefs it down gently and gradually 
at the Joint, and make the Top rife as upright 
as may be: only in this let Patience rather be 
ufed, than Violence at once. See that the Slit 
be open when the Shoot is thus got into a right 
Pofition ; and then faften it down with one of the 
little Sticks prepared for that Purpofe. 
This done, cover up the Body of the Shoot 
with the Mould; and when all are laid that be- 
long to one Root, in this Manner, give them a 
gentle Watering. 
N? 38. 
Watering. See that the Mould is not wafh’d off 
in this; and if any fuch Thing happen, bring 
on other Mould in the Place. 
them be manag’d till the laft Week in Aguf, and 
they will then be in a fit Condition for tranfplant- 
_ ing. 
This being a kind of middle Seafon betweeh 
the Spring, and the late Summer and autumnal 
Flowets, the Gardener fhould go the whole 
Round of his Borders with a careful Eye to take 
off the ufelefs Growths,. and fecure the others. 
The Stalks of all thofe Spring Plants which 
have done flowering, muft be cut down near the 
Ground, atid fomé Mould drawn up over the 
Sturhps. 
We have told the Gaidener what Roots he is 
‘to take 4 up, and prelerve for planting at another 
Seafon ; they are the bulbotis, and fome of the 
tuberous Kinds ; we {peak Here of fuch as do not 
require that Management: | 
This done, and the Borders thus far clear’d, let 
him cut fome Sticks of different Lengths; and 
take fome green worfted in his Hand, and tie up 
In this Manner let | 
the Stalks of all thofe Plants which are to come — 
into flower in the fucceeding Menths. 
Few know how much the full Beauty of thefé 
Flowers depends upon this Management. The 
Wind will often break off their Stalks at thé 
Head of the Root; or at leaft crack and wound 
thein there fo, that they will ftand awkwardly, and 
be irregularly eye afterwards with Nourifh- 
merit; : 
Tn this Cafe, tho’ eile Damage itfelf is not feen; 
its Effects are very vifible : the Plant does not take 
its regular or proper Growth ; 5 and the F lowers 
are poor. 
When the Stalk is too ftrong to break iii this 
Manner, the Effect is worfe, the Root is drawn 
backward and forward, as the Plant rocks about ; 
and being loofen’d in the Ground, it can af- 
ford but a poor Quantity of Nourifhment to the 
Stem. The Leaves thus lofe their Frefhnets, | 
which is their great Beauty, and the Flowers are 
poor. 
The firft Frofts in Autumn alfo deftroy the 
Plant ; for the opening at the Foot of the Stalk 
by i its rocking about, lets in their Influence. 
All this Damage is prevented by tying up the 
Plants at this Seafon. Let the Sticks be longer 
than each is high at prefent; and let the Stalk 
be ty’d up in feveral Places. 
Let fome Mould after this be drawn up about 
the Head of the Root; and the dead Leaves, if 
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