SECT. XVIII. OF F LOWERS. 



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fully, with fome earth about their roots ; though a 

 warm bed will Toon make them ftrike, if without mould. 

 Let them be fnaded from fun a few days; i. e. till 

 rooted in their new habitation. As thefe tender 

 annuals do not rightly bear the full open air till Mid- 

 fummer, give them refolutely as much of it as poffible 

 in the frames, (by degrees) even to taking off the glades 

 in the middle part of fine mild days. Keep up a heat 

 in the third bed as long as can be, that the plants may 

 continue in a growing ftate, and not get ftunted by col { 

 at bottom. To this end, a fourth bed, for fome of the 

 forts, as globes, coxcombs, &c. would be a greater advan- 

 tage as to fize, efpecially if tire weather is unkind. 



It is hardly neceifery to hint that the beds muft be 

 larger, and frames deeper, every time the plants are 

 fhifted. As the firil frame was a one light, let the fe- 

 cond be ztwo light, and the third a three light, which 

 may be raifed upon bricks, or boarded round the 

 bottom, as occafion may require. From the fmall fats, 

 let them be tranfplanted into bigger in time, or (as 

 foon as they can fafely be) into warm borders, where, 

 if covered with hand-glafies, fet on bricks for a while, 

 it would fecure them from unkind weather, till got a 

 little hardened. In this changeable climate of England* 

 there is hardly any knowing when tender plants may be 

 expofed fafely; yet too much boufing and covering is 

 to be avoided as much as poffible. Many flowers will 

 need fupporf. See page 55. For the method oijhifting 

 plants from pots, as into bigger, or to the open ground, 

 fee page 1£4>. 



Some of the tender flowers in pots may be plunged 

 to the rims in the ground, to keep their roots cool, and 

 ior the fake of being conveniently covered ; m which 

 cafe,, it is proper to put a bit of tile underneath the pot 

 to keep out worms, which other-wife would get in. 



Good feed from tender annuals will not be well had, 

 but irom February fown plants. Skilful gardeners, 

 (owing early, and having plenty of dung and drawing 



N 6 frames 



