SECT. XIX. 



LISTS OF TREES, &C. 



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Auriculas in blow fhouid be protected from rain, 

 wind, and fun, and their perns fupported by little neat 

 (lender formed tricks, or (trait ones, and tied with 

 thread ; and when out of blow, fhouid be fet out of the 

 fun, but not under trees. 



Shift or tranf plant auriculas every fccond year, and 

 that as foon as they are out of blow ; thofe, however, 

 that produce many offsets, or are luxuriant growers, 

 may be fhifted every year. The more common prac- 

 tice is to move all in Auguft. 



To raife auriculas from the feed, in February, fill 

 boxes, or pots, with fine fifted middling comport ; 

 fmooth the top perfectly level ; fcatter the feeds evenly, 

 and cover not more than the thicknefs of a {hilling. 

 Set the pots, &c. on tiles, or boards, under a warm 

 wall, and keep the furface moid. It is a good way 

 to mix the feed with a like quantity (or a little more) 

 oifine wood afhes ; and to lay fome fmall pieces of furze, 

 or light thorns over. Remove them (as weather dictates) 

 to (heker,or protefet them from cutting wind, much troll, 

 or heavy rain, &c. and by May expect them to appear, 

 when take the furze off, and cover with a net ; let 

 them have only the morning fun, keep them moift, and 

 when they have got fix leaves, prick them out three 

 inches afunder, in boxes, or pots; and early in the next 

 fpring, plant them at fix inches afunder, .and protect 

 from wet and frail. 



Carnation is ufually propagated by layers, (iometirnes 

 by pipings or cuttings, as pinks) about Midfummer, or 

 as foon after in the fealon as they will admit of it, 

 by their length and ftrength, and the work is thus : 

 Strip off the leaves from the lower part of the flioot; 

 at the middle, of it, clofe below the joint, cut it hauf 

 through by an upward direction, with a thin, narrow, 

 iharp knife, and continue the flit exactly up th§ middle 

 from half to three fourths of an inch; peg the flioot 

 down into the earth (being before well loofened) as 

 low as it will bear bending, fetting the layer upright. 



