S"£CT. XVIII. Or FLOWER'S, 



Mow much longerthan if always expofed. When thefe 

 ilowers, in beds, firft hreak ground, if the weather js 

 fevere, ffiey may then have an awning ot mats, or cloth, 

 occafionallv over them; or a little peas hdulm % or 

 wheat jlraiv, laid thinly on, juft to protect them in 

 their tender ftate a little ; this regards particularly 

 nights, for on days a cover mould not remain on in to- 

 lerable weather. But before the Ihoots appear above 

 ground, valuable beds of thefe flowers mould be iheh 

 tered f'om having much wet, (even all through winter) 

 as moifture gives frcjl fo great power. If a body of 

 /now lies on, it mould not be fuffered to melt there 

 when it thaws. 



Spring flowering bulbs may be brought forward bf 

 planting them in pets, or in zvater-glajjes, and fetting 

 tbem in warm rooms, or hot-beds ; and thus 5 even in 

 winter^ we mav have ornaments and fweets that court 

 our admiration. The great variety of hyacinths and 

 polyanthus narcljjus, furnim us amply in this way ; but 

 other early bulbs mav alfo be thus forwarded. Pots % 

 placed in a light warm kitchen window, may be brought 

 forward to make their blow in the parlour.; or if placed 

 in any window, open to the fiuth^ it will forward them, 

 Thefe mould be potted in October, and have a light dry 

 foil, occafionallv giving water. Bulbs may be put in. 

 glajjes at this time, and once a month after, to February^ 

 lor a fucceflion. Let the bulb juft touch the water, 

 which fhonld be foft, and replenimetl fo often as to keep 

 it up to the bottom of the bulbs. Let it be completely 

 changed about once a week ; and if a bit of nitre, the 

 iize of a pea, be put in each time, it will ftrengthen 

 the blow. 



Though bulbous flowers are propagated plentifully 

 by root offsets, yet fome are increafed from little bulbs 

 formed on the fides or tops of the Jialks, as the moly 

 tribe, and the bulbiferous lily. Thefe fhould be taken 

 off in Auguji, dried a little in the fun, and then planted 

 m fcarfigry beds as offsets, 



O Bulks. 



