-Stock of Plants in the fame Manner: 
ries of Plants. 
whofe Bloom is gaits and which are left for | 
- From two or three of the bet of thofe in the 
Pots let him now fave Seeds ;. and raife a fre 
thefe 
will not fail to be an Improvement upon the 
others ; and thus he who chufes to devote fome 
Hours from Year to Year to this elegant. Amufe- 
ment, will from Period to Period improve his 
Stock, .After two. ,or three Succeffions,. he, will 
fh | beable to fhew the common Gardener the Re- 
ward.of his Attention: he will produce Flowers 
from this Iris, which will be conceived by fuch a 
one to be a new Kind. Many» who pretend to the 
Art, will not, be brought to believe it can. Der form 
fo rnuch as he will fee on this. Occafion,. 
SSS SIE BISEE IIIS ILLES BEE 
CHAP. 
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|The Care and Management of the Ground. 
HEF lower Caden, | may at this T ine, be. | 
ener as containing three different Se- | 
. Thofe in Flower. 2. Thofe | 
Seed; and, 3. Such as are growing up to Per- 
- fection for the Autumn. 
According | to this Diftinction sie Gardener is 
to underftand the Bufinefs of the prefent Week. 
There are fome Things they all require in com- 
mon, others which muft be fuited to the parti- | 
cular Condition of each. ; : 
Weeding is of the firft Kind: they all require 
this, and let it be done carefully. The Hoe is a 
dangerous Inftrument at this Time in any Hand 
and moft in the unfkilful. 
The Planting of the Borders does not -allow 
fuch Diftance in the Plantation as fhould. admit 
the Spade, therefore every Thing in this Matter 
muft be now done by Hand; and none fhould 
be employ’d but fuch as are careful. 
We will not fuppofe a Garden at this Time 
of the Year fo neglected, 
run up to the Height of the cultivated Plants ; 
and there are no young ones at this Seafon brought | 
into the Ground. The Danger therefore is not 
of pulling up the fowering Plants with the Weeds ; 
but an ignorant and carelefs Perfon may fthake | 
firm, from the Effect of the Wind, but there is 
out the Seeds from thofe the Gardener has nurfed 
up to that State with the utmoft Care; and de- 
ftroy all his Expectations, 
When the Beds are carefully and. perfectly 
weeded, every Plant will thew itfelf diftindtly ; 
and let him now manage them according to their 
feveral Kinds-and Conditions. 
Let him firft look over thofe in flower. Let 
him take off fuch Flowers as are paft their 
Beauty ; and give thefe Plants every Evening a 
gentle Watering, not only on the Ground, , but 
over the Leaves. 
This done, let him examine thofe which are 
ripening their Seeds. If any new Bloom offers 
upon thefe, let him take it off. The Flowers at 
this Time will never be fine, yet they will ftarve 
and hurt the Seed. Let him ftir the Mould all 
that the Weeds can be 
‘ Tp acts and ise “orhers. let ee — shat the 
Sticks to which they are tied up, ftand firm and fe- 
cure: and then let him pafs to thofe autumnal Kinds 
which are now coming to their Growth, and pre-* 
paring for flowering. Part of thefe are the An- 
-nuals which have been. removed out of the Hot- 
beds, and part the feedling Biennials of the late 
Autumn from the Nurfery, 
The Care is to be the lami’: in Hod Kinds ; 
for whether raifed in Hot-beds, or the open Air, 
they have now been long enough kept in the free 
Weather to bear the fame Regulations. | Sticks 
according to our Directions have been thruft down 
by thefe, proportion’d to the Heights of the Plants 
when:they come to flowering. As they have rifen 
above the laft Tyings, let chien be now faften’d 
up again. 
The right Management in this Refpect of tying 
up, is todo it often, and at finall Diftances;, and 
the Stalk fhould always be — near the- 
Stick, but never prefied to it. : 
Let the Gardener take Care to ufe ereen Wortt- 
ed, not Bafs; that being of the Colour of the 
Plant it’ may be lefs feen; and never let him 
leave any dangling Ends. | 
There is nothing fo ufeful as the keeping up 
the Stalks of Plants ftrait while growing, and 
a great Slovenlinefs in the ufual Way of doing it. 
At this Time if there be any ftrag eoling Branches, 
which difgrace the Growth of the Plant, let them 
be ae and when thus brought to order, 
| let it have a full, free Wateririz, Leaves, Buds, 
and Soil. ‘Thus treating every one in this State of 
Growth, they will have the full Advantage of 
their Kind and Culture. 
If any of them are full grown, let the Head of 
the Stick be cut off to the Level of their Top 
Branches : for the Art is to preferve the Plant 
upright in its Growth, and yet to conceal the 
Means by which it is done; and\a rough End of 
a Stake ftanding up above the Plant at once be- 
trays this, and difgufts the Eye. Care muft be 
taken in the cutting off this Top of the Stick; 
about the Plants with a Trowel; and if the Seed for if it be attempted haftily, and with a dull 
be young, let him allow gentle Waterings, but 
thofe Plants which have it full grown mufi, have 
none. 
2 
Knife, the Stick will be fhook, and the Plant 
with it: for its Stalk is thus tied up often, and 
the whole Plant muft feel any Violence done to ir. 
Vhen 
June. 
