LISTS OF TREES, &C. fE'CT. XIX, 



iarly in autumn, or fpring, is however better : The 

 Jted may be covered a little lefs than" a quarter of an 

 inch. Both feeds and feedling plants mould have oc- 

 ean on a! watering, as ffioiffure lints them. 



A eompoft for the polyanthus is a light loam, (as the 

 firil'fpit from the pafture rotted down with the Htff) 

 and about one fourth part eoiv dtwg or wood pile earth. 

 If the loam is ftrong, a little drift fand amongft it will 

 be proper. The polyanthus grows any where, but a 

 cool foil and fituation fuits it beft; and feme compoj}^ 

 as the above, with an eafl border, is necefFary in order 

 to a capital full truffed blow, 



Tuberofe is blown fineft in a hot-houfe ; but if planted 

 in pots, and plunged at the bask of a hot-bed frame, 

 3t fucceeds very well. This will be beft done about 

 Mid- April, as fooner they are apt to get too tall before 

 they can fafely be expofed abroad. Provide a good 

 frefh light earth, and ufe no dung, except a little rich 

 and dungy, to lay an inch below the bottom of the 

 fyjfb ; fill the pots only three parts, and place the root 

 only half w T ay, or a little more, in it. Let the mould 

 be fome.what moift, but give no water till the ftoot 

 appears, and then moderately ; at which time, fill up 

 the pot, juft to cover the bulb, which fhould be but 

 barely hid, when the pot is fall; The beft fhaped pots 

 Sbx bulbous roots is, when they ftand high, and the bot- 

 toms are as wide as the top ; and the fize for the tube* 

 rofe fhould be thofe of eight or nine inches diameter at 

 top, according as the bottom is for width ; for the more 

 fpace below, the lefs is required above. 



As the [hoots advance in growth, the more air muft 

 fce giv£n ; and as freely as poffible on mild days, {hut- 

 ting clofe on cold nights, and almoft fo on moderate 

 ones. When they get too high for the frames, and 

 the feafon is forward, with kind weather, they may be 

 plunged in the ground, clofe under a warm wall ; and 

 a covering of mat contrived to proteft them a while 

 en nights, or may do if left to take their chaixe. If 



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