July. 
. Seedlings + 
- Nothing saasieelal is. aaa 4 in leiphdeok of 
referved for Seed, and frequent Removing of the — 
Colours in Flowers | much 1 more than the Genera- 
lity of Gardeners imagine. <---— | 
In this Manner of managing the-Plant, T fide 
feen from the fame Seed more Varieties than all | 
that Ciusius. has enumerated, or our late Culti- 
vators of Flowers underftood. 
‘A godd Quantity of the Seed fhould be: famed 
togethers: but all from ftrong Plants; so — as 
have ripened only one Flower. 
» This fhould. be fown juft when - it is thot a | 
| . , | det him fow a- good Quantity. of the Seed, A | 
ing | larger Bed of Seedlings is as eafily ‘taken care of — 
fhould He cdl « that when the Roots are as afmaller; and ’tis from the i he is to 
taken up to be tranfplanted into their Places in expect ; his @téat Succefs." 
the Garden, the Flowers mae fet off - one! ano- 
ther by the Variety. igi is 
not be eafy to produce an Inftance in which that 
Variation is more unbounded. 
In fome of thefe Seedlings the Lips “of the 
three lower Petals will be entirely yellow ; 
that 
Spot which is natural to their Centre fpreading 
throughout, and obliterating at once the white 
and Bie, | 
~ ¥n others ‘the Centre St ‘this Pait! will ‘be | 
pee colour’d, the outer Part pale yellow; and. 
‘purple Veins will run over ‘this, as blue upon | 
| 3 ] them. 
the white. 
In others, the three lower Petals will be yellow, | 
vein’d with purple; and the three upper white, | 
vein’d with crimfon. 
In others, the yellow Spot on the lower Petals | 
will be furrounded with a Ring of pearly white ; | 
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CHAP. 
for upon this depends the Variation of 
and ithe: three upper ones: ciuiass vein’d with pur 
—— this Kind,’ but a careful Choice of the Plants | ple and yellow. 
, Tk others, the three Colours white; yellow and 
purple, w which in thefé are:difpofed with Regula- 
rity, will be'thrown. in-wild Streaks and Blotches 
throughout; ahidi ‘form Jan almott’ innumerable 
| Series of Changes. 
> TheGardener will: Uefiow that a Phi eabpable 
| ofthis fedundant Vatiation; isa’ ‘fine Suibjec of 
his Art, No matter-’that forme ‘Patience ig re. 
quired to bring it to flowering : let hint récolleét 
| always what he has to: ee anid he. will think 
| lightly of the Trouble, - 
‘9a Order 0° havea Chale’ “fi all: ‘Re: Kinds, 
In all thefe Sowings a‘ ‘Multitude’ ef ihe Plants 
» | floweF aii the common Way, for one that anfwers 
There is nothing that more pleafes a fadictis | the Trtenr°of. Elegaticé! and! linprovemenit’s but if 
. Eye in the Article of Gardening, than the Change 
of Colouring under the fame Form ; -and it would | 
| in’ a Bed: ofa ‘Pundred,: ‘only half 4’Dézen come 
| to this: PerfeGtion, the Labour is very ‘well -re- 
July. 
turn’d; for thefe are a lafting Treafure to the — 
| Gardener, and they wil encreafe themfelves abun- 
dantly. © 
When the fine F inten have been feparated,. 
the common Kinds may be planted in the Bor- 
ders.” Thefe fhould be’ properly difpofed in a 
particular Bed, and they will improve for .the 
two or three firft Yeats. They fhould be con- — 
| ftantly taken up when ‘the Leaves decay, and 
every Year a new Parcel of sy gS allowed 
Their Off-fets thouta be feparated every Time 
they are taken up; and thefe becaufe fmall, muft 
| be planted in a Bed ‘in the Seminary; from 
whence, when they are fit. to flower, they muft 
be removed into the Garden. 
ae. 
The Care and Managemen +f the Ground. 
FE Garden is now in its Glory, and ail | 
Care muft be taken to keep it in perfect | 
Order. Cleanlinefs is the beft Companion of 
‘Beauty: ‘the Eye would be difeufted that mutt. 
wander oyer Weeds and Dirt in order to come at. 
Flowers; but: where every Thing is in Order, 
the Tranfition from one to another is very ‘pleafe- 
ing. All Weeds muft for this Reafon be taken 
up at their firft Appearance, and the Surface of 
their Borders fhould often be broken, and raked 
clean and fmooth. 
On all thefe Occafions it will be proper to 
Wateritigs in a much ‘better manner than when 
hard. | | 
The Gravel-walks thould ‘be conftantly rolled, | 
and the Grafs mowéd frequently : 
Thing will have an Air/of Culture. 
The Fields “at ‘this’ Time ‘naturally begin to 
look dry, and their Plants flag with Heat, and 
want of Moifture. The Contraft is fine between 
wild Nature in’ this State, and the well managed 
Garden. 
The Air of Cleantinefs and Health is a Charm 
equal to that of the beft Flowers ; and every Plant 
thus every 
draw up a little Mould about the Bottoms of |.in the Borders appears with a double Beauty, 
thofe Plants which are coming into Flower ; this 
ftrengthens them, and the breaking of the Ground 
difpofes it.to receive and retain the Dews and 
from the Comparifon between that and the Field 
Herbs kept up in the Imagination. - 
When all is in order with refpeét to the. grow- 
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