SECT, XVIII. 



OF FLOWERS, 



middle to the end of March, as the beft average feafon* 

 fofcne may generally, with fuccefs, be fown at Mid- Fe- 

 int ary, as candy tufts, cornbottles, larkfpurs, hawkweed* 

 Livatera, lobel V catchfly, lupines, dwarf lychnis, nigella. 

 fweet peas, poppies, mulberry -I light, oriental mallow + 

 perftcaria, fun-flower, annual j nap dragon, Venus '$ look* 

 mg-glafs, and navel-zvort. virgJnian, or animal flock* 

 and winged peas, with fome others. 



But nature feems evidently to direel an autumn fow~ 

 ing, foi many forts which are then -filed (fome always,, 

 and others often) come up at fpring, and thefe make 

 the fined blow, and produce the bed feed for propaga- 

 tion. A number, (all the above forts] therefore, might 

 be fcattered on the furface of the ground at random, 

 not immediately as foon as ripe, but kept a little while 

 to harden : This however is not a common practice, as 

 gardeners like to have their borders at liberty to fpring 

 drefs before they fow their annuals. 



For the fpring fowing, (about Mid- March) the 

 ground being deep dug, and well broke, make hollows 

 (by drawing the mould afide) of from fix to twelve 

 inches diameter, or more, according to the ilzeof the 

 garden, as large ones fhould have the biggeft patches. 

 Sow thin, and cover according to the fize of the feed, 

 from a quarter to an inch deep. Take out mould 

 enough to leave the patches fomewhat hollow, which 

 will ferve to (How where they are fown, and to receive 

 the rain, or occafional watering. It may be proper atfo 

 to put a bit of flick in the center of each, as a mark, that 

 the feed may not be difturbed. If the plants come up 

 crowding, be fore to thin them foon, and leave only a 

 number iuitable to their ufual fize of growth ; as one 

 of the belvidere, cornbottle, perftcaria, and fun -flow er ; 

 two ot the lavaiera, oriental mallow, ?nulberry- blight, 

 &c. three larkfpurs ; and four of lefs plants. Annuals 

 are very often fown too thick, and fuffexed to ftand too 

 clofe for flowering, and that altogether not by neg~ 

 Lcl, but choice ; yet a few fhort firong plants with 



