| July. 
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OF GARDENING, 
ing Pian: and’ the'Ground in which they ftand, 
~———— let him open that in which the Spring Flowers 
blowed, whofe Leaves and Stalks are faded: 
feveral’ of the Narciffus’s, Fritillaries, and Hya- 
cinths are now in this Condition. 
It fhould be an univerfal Rule of Gardening, 
to take them up when they are in this State of 
Reft, between the clofe of one Seafon’s Growth, 
and the preparing for another. 
to be kept out of the Ground till Autumn, others 
mutt be planted again immediately ; but the Ad- 
vantage arifing from taking them up is equal to 
~ both, and fhould never be omitted. 
When fuch are taken up as are to be planted 
again immediately ; let this Opportunity be taken 
of giving a frefh Soil, or for well A eine up the 
old. 
We have obferved in the proper Places, what 
Kinds fuit each of thefe Services; and thofe which 
are to be kept out of the Ground till Autumn 
muft be cleaned,. fpread upon a Mat, and 
turned till they are hardened. The others muft 
be cleaned in the fame Manner; their Off- fets 
taken away; and the Ground being made up, 
they muft be planted again as at firft. 
This done, let due. Care be taken of the 
Layers made the preceding Weeks from Carna- 
tions, Pinks, Sweet-williams, and other flower- 
ing Plants.’ 
- Let the Gardener examine ahethier they keep 
bell in their Places, and fee that the Earth. pre- 
ferves a due Degree of Moifture upon them. 
_ If any appear likely to ftart, let them be fe- 
cured by new Forks ; and if the Mould be at all 
dry’d, let it be frequently and conftantly watered: 
whenever the Watering wafhes any Part of it 
away, Jet frefh Mould be laid on in the Place; 
and in the tenderer Kinds, where they are feen to 
ftrike with Difficulty, let them be fhaded. 
The hardy Plants of all Kinds being thus put 
into due Order, let the Gardener employ his 
Care upon the Green-houfe and Stove Kinds. 
~ Many of the new raifed Green-houfe Plants 
will by this Time: require to be temoved into 
larger Pots ; ; and this muft be done with great 
Care. 7 
The Pots, the Mould; and the Water being 
all fet ready, let the Bottom of the new Pot i 
covered two Inches with Mould: then with a 
thin. Knife, fuch as Painters ufe for taking up 
their Colours from the Stone, let the Mould | be 
— Joofened all round the Edges of the Pot, to the 
Bottom. 
It will thus come out in an entire Lump, 
with the Plant firm in the Midft. 
Let the ragged and decayed Roots, which cover 
the Surface of the Ball, be cut off with fharp 
_Scifiars ; then let the whole be fet in the new 
- Pot, and the freth Mould: filled in round’ it. 
~ Let the Surface be raifed an Inch above that 
of the original Ball; and finith the‘Work by a 
moderate Watering all over the Plant, and on the 
Mould. 
“If there be any decayed Leaves let them be 
taken off ; if the Stem be foul let it be cleaned ; 
N° 42. 
Some will bear : 
fary. 
and any Filth dine may be upon. the Leaves or 
Shoots, wafhed off with a Piece of Flannel dip’d 
in warm Water. All this, befide giving an Air 
of Canines, affifts in the Growth of the 
Plant. 
Set the’ Pot in a fhady and fheltered Place ; 
and the next Day thruft the fame Knife down in 
feveral Places from the Surface to the Bottom of 
the Pot. Thefé Knives have no Point nor Edge; 
they ‘cannot wound the Root; and this Way they 
break the old Cake of Mould, which is often too 
compact about the Fibres. 
This is all that can Be done in thofe which 
have had but a moderate ftanding in the former 
Pots; but for fuch as are better eftablifhed, it 
will be very proper to pull away a great Part of 
the old Cake of Mould before ae are planted in 
the new Pot. | 
Whatever Roots are bared by this, muft be 
clip’d off at. the Ends, and.the Plant.as quick as 
poffible planted. again; and thefe Parts covered 
with all Care and Attention. 
In. each. Cafe the new Pots mutt continue in 
their fhaded Situation till; the Plants are perfeétly 
| rooted, and have recovered the Check from the 
Removal. . They muft be:then. brought into the 
Place where. the other .Green-houfe Plants are 
fet out for the Summer ; ; and they muft be rene 
carefully watered. 
If any Check be’ feen in their Growth as they 
ftand there, they muft be again removed into the 
Shade till fully eftablithed, | 
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July. 
This!Week will be a very proper Time for — 
taking: off Cuttings from the Euphorbiums, Me- 
fembryanthemums, and other fucculent Plants, 
for propagating them. 
Let the Cuttings be Iaid upon a Shelf in an airy 
Room, and every Day turned for twelve Days. 
This will prevent their rotting when planted, to 
which the wounded Part is otherwife very fub- 
lat 
Thefe Cuttings maintain a kind of Growth 
while they lie upon the Shelf. In their natural 
State they are fupported very much by the Air ; 
for we fee a Handful of Mould will be fufficient 
in our Pots for fome of the largeft Kinds; and 
in their native Climates, they live in fcorched ° 
Sand. 
In this Time of their lying on the Shelf, the 
Motion of their Juices.is continued, and the Prin. 
ciple of Life kept up, otherwife they’would not 
grow when afterwards planted; and a kind of 
Skin is thrown by Nature over the Wound during 
this ‘Time of lying out of the Ground, which 
enables it to bear the Moifture ahnde: with- 
out Mouldinefs.. 
This kind of Growth from every Piece, is not 
peculiar to the fucculent Kinds: the World 
would be furprized to know how far Experience 
confirms the fuppofed Reveries of Agricola. Of 
this we fhall fpeak in its Place. 
Let the Degree of Heat in the Stove be very 
well regulated by the Thermometer; and let the 
Bark-beds be refrefh’d where that is found necef- 
Their Heat depends on Fermentation, 
6M which 
