a. « A OOM P EEA TR OD ¥ 
Lines drawn both Ways, at a Foot and a Odétob, 
— perior Kind, and have fufficient Buttons of their half afunder. : 
own. ‘This done, let the others be encouraged In the Evening of a fhowery Day let the 
to flower in their full Strength, by breaking | Plants be taken up; and, Holes being opened 
the Ground between them, and allowing fre- | fo, them in the new Bed, one in the Center 
guent Watering; and when it is feen which | of each Square, let them be fet with Care, 
are not promifing, let them .be marked for | taking them up with as much of the Mould 
Seed. | as will come with them, placing the Roots 
Let thefe be tyed up each to a firm Stake; | upright in the new Bed, and gathering the 
let the Head or Top of the Spike be taken | Mould well about them: they mutt be watered 
off, that too many, Flowers may not weaken | often till they have taken Root, and after 
the Seeds ripening from the firft; andlet thefe | that kept clear from Weeds: this is all the 
Plants have all due Attendance. Let any Side Management they require during Summer. 
Shoots that offer be taken off, and all the In His Beginning of Ofober they are to be 
Efforts of Nature directed to the ripening the tranfplanted into the Places where they are to 
Seeds. | 7 | flower, and this will require alfo to be done 
When thefe are perfectly ripe, let the Head | | j | . 
with Care. 
of the Stalk be cut off, and the Fruit taken a He W aie <gesb 
off afterwards, and fpread upon a paper’d Large Holes muft be opened tor them : they 
| | i 7 muft be dug out deep, and with as much of 
i ae aha ean  S5{_ BIST PR 2 the Earth as will adhere to them; the Fibres 
an ) d€ 
put up entire in Paper Bags; not fhaking out a be perieee hut ~ ee ve : 
the Seeds, as is done on many Occafions. Let | '°Y fe Place’ In ti 5 fou 
pe Bags be hung up during Winter. muft be well drawn up about them, and fettled 
| o ateri hich ft be 
In the laft Week of March let a Bed of good by a gentle Watering, which mutt be repeated 
| ; | ye ,.| more largely the next Day, and every Day 
frefh Mould be cog rpm. & Part of the afterward till they are well eftablifhed. They will 
Seminary that is open to the Morning Sun. 
| "' | flower there the fucceeding Summer, and they 
Let it be raked level, and lie a Week to fettle; fhould then be tied up to firm Stakes, and 
then take off as much of the Surface as 
| | uraged to blow boldly by frequent Weed- 
will ferve to cover the Seeds a Quarter of an es. ee 
: : ~" ine, breaking the Earth about them, and } 
Inch: fcatter on the Seeds not too thick; AE Pod a Camere ot eee Jae 
fift this {mall Portion of Mould over them, 
Waterings. 
| After this there fhould be in , 
and leave them to Nature. . > In the fame Manner 
When the young Plants come up, Weeds 
a new Succeffion raifed for the fucceeding 
will rife in Plenty among them; and they mult 
Year: for the Plants never flower fo {trong 
! or elegantly aS the firftt Time. 
be pulled up. The Plants muft alfo be thinned 
where they ftand too clofe, and after this the 
Let not the Gardener fuppofe we are too 
i 1. articular in thefe DireGtions f 
whole Bed muft have a moderate Watering : F ink ee 
Care muft be taken to give this gently, not 
of fo common a Plant. ‘The Method ufed by 
| | ~. | the Generality of his Profeffion, r : 
to wafh away the Earth from the Root of createft Part beg its natural Soeicp ie aca 
the young Plants. is fown in Drills, becaufe tis eafy to weed 
After this, as they advance in Growth, they | between the Rows; and to fave a little Trouble, 
muft be thinned from Time to Time; but the | the Plants are raifed clofe and crowded, fo 
Plants taken up are not to be deftroyed, but — ; 
fet in a Nurfery Bed dug for that Purpofe. By 
this Means the Remainder will gather Strength ; 
and when they are of a Bignefs to crowd one 
another, let the whole be tranfplanted: at this 
Time they fhoot only Leaves, » 
The Hollyhock is a biennial, and its Stalk 
for flowering does not rife till the fecond Seafon. 
When the Leaves are fo many and fo 
large, that they crowd upon one another, 
let a fecond Bed be dug up in the Nurfery 
two Spades. Depth: let the Mould be well 
broken ; and the Bed marked into Sqyares by 
Octob. pregnating the Seeds of fuch as are of a fu- 
till their. beft. Seafon is over; and where they 
food to: flower, they muft have. been poor 
becaufe not allowed Room. 
The Roots never fucceed well when taken 
up fo old.; and they are brought into the Garden, 
in this maimed Condition when they fthould. 
be taken out of it, ii 
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{8 t @.7 THD PHLOYX., 
Pl. 55. This is one of the many fine Plants we | an elegant Weed; with us it is defervedly 
Fig. 3- have received from North-America. It is there raifed to the Condition of a Garden Plant. 
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