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Aueutt. of the preceding Year, and when this is over; 
when the Seed has been ripen’d, or the Flower 
gather’d to prevent it, there is a State of Inacti- 
vity for fome Weeks 5 and in the bulbous Kinds, 
the Bulb is as it were renewed. 
In the fibrous and tuberous rooted, the Bud 
begins after that Time to be-form’d for the next 
flowering, therefore this Space is to be chofen for 
taking up the Root, and refrefhing it by a new 
Soil. 
long: they ftay till new Fibres are fhot, and 
they difturb that Work, which, by an_ earlier 
Application of the fame Induftry, they would 
have promoted. ees et ae 
While this Care is taken of the Plants which 
have flower’d, the Seedlings will require alfo their 
Share of the Gardener’s Attention. | 
We have faid in what Manner-they are to be 
raifed; and thofe Rules having been follow’d, 
they will be now fit for tranfplanting. 
Let a Piece of Ground be chofen for them — 
which is defended from cold Winds, and from 
- the Noon Sun. | | 
Tet the Mould be dug away; and when the 
Place is cleared a Spade deep, let as much old 
Dung be thrown in as will cover the Bottom four 
Inches. | : . 
Let the Gardener tread this firmly down, and 
when he has levelled the Surface, throw in the 
Mould ten Inches thick. : = 
~ On the Surface of the Bed thus finifh’d, let 
him draw Lines lenethways and acrofs five Inches 
-diftant, and in the Centre of every Square fet one 
Plant. Let the Earth be well clofed about them, 
and give a gentle Watering. | 
Let a Piece of Canvafs or Matting be drawn 
over the Bed, fupported by Hoops to fhade. the 
Plants till they are very well rooted ; and they. 
will after that require only the common Care of 
Weeding and Watering. | 
This is a Particular ufually neglected, and to 
that'is owing the Hazard of bringing the young 
Plants to Good: I have fcarce ever known 
one fail in this Way of Regulation; and when 
it is omitted, and they receive a Check at firft, 
they are often ftunted and fpoiled even though 
from the Strength and Beauty of the firft Year’s 
Flower; and the Plant being judged by that, is 
rejected. cs 
As the Seafon advances in Heat, and the 
Showers are few, the Plants of any Value will 
require careful Affiftance in that Refpe@t; and 
moft of all thofe in Pots. This let the Gar- 
dener remember as an everlafting Rule, that 
though potted Plants bear lefs Water at a Time 
than thofe in the full Ground, they require it 
oftener. 
The Rains which fink into the Ground are not 
evaporated for a confiderable Time ; and in the 
drieft Weather, while the Surface. of the Mould 
is parch’d, they ufually afford Nourifhment to 
the Roots at more Depth; but it is not. fo in 
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they get over it; or at the beft, it takes off 
the confined {mall Quantity that is kept in a Pot; Auguft, 
it dries feon, and it has no-Refrefhment' from ~- 
below, therefore let the Gardener give it the more 
by Hand; and when the Plants are in Bud, let 
him water them all over. 
This muft be done more catefiilly when they 
are in full Flower, and the beft Method at that 
Time. is--to drive the little Streams of Water in 
among the Branches-and Leaves, and let it then 
; | | | fall to. the Mould,. but -not to throw on any fo 
The Error. of Gardeners. is. omitting it too | 
high as the Flowers, left lodging among: their 
| Petals it damage them. . 
Once in two Days let the Gardener continue 
his Care in gathering the Seeds of his Flowers 
as they ripen, and lay them in a fhady,.dry, and 
airy Place to harden.’ low eavl 
Some {pread them in the Sun, but’ they fol- 
low Nature idly who’ do this. They will fay; 
‘¢ ‘That on the Plant they are left to the full 
“Sun :” but our intelligent Pupil will anfwer, 
There is great Difference between the being 
expofed to the Sun upon the Stalk of a Plant 
in the free Air, and laid upon a Floor or Ta= 
ble in the Sun-fhine :” what he will thus an- 
{wer from Reafon, will be perfeétly confirm’d by 
Experience ; for thofe Seeds which are dry’d in 
that Manner have not half their Vigour. The 
true Method in thefe Cafes, is the ripening of 
the Seed in the Sun, and drying it in the 
Shade. 3 
Let the Gardener continue his Care of thofe 
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: feedling Plants of the tenderer Kind, which ate to 
take their Growth in the Stove. Thole which 
he has ‘removed into larger Pots will require all 
his Care’ to fhade and water them till they are. 
rooted; and thofe which are yet in. the fmall 
Pots, into which they were planted from. the 
Seed-bed, muft from’ Week to Week as they 
grow to a due Size, be tranfplanted and rooted 
afrefh with the fame Care. 
In the removing of thefe from {maller to larger 
Pots, Care muft be taken to bring the whole 
Ball of Earth with them, and to trim round the 
extream Fibres which appear on the Outfide of 
its then the Ball muft be fet upright in the 
larger Pot, upon a fmal] Quantity of the Com- 
poft laid in for that Purpofe, and the reft filled 
in till it is brought up half an Inch above the 
Surface of the original Quantity, or Ball from 
the fmaller Pot; after this fhading and watering 
do all the Bufinefs. | 
While thefe are preparing to take their Growth 
in the Stove, thofe which are there already muft be 
refrefh’d with as much Air as can be fafely ad- 
mitted. ) 
Thefe Plants bear the Clofenefs of the Stove 
much better in Winter than they do in Summer ; 
and this is happily a Seafon, when the common | 
Air of our unfavourable Climate may beft be 
admitted to them. 
The hotteft Days muft be chofen for giving 
the Plants this Advantage, and thofe in which 
there is leaft Wind. 
In fuch a calm, clofe, fulery Day, let as much 
Air 
