THE SEED-GARDEN. 187 



rity in a few months, and which are not sown 

 till the advancing season has warmed the earth ; 

 and for those which have germinated in pots, and 

 from which we are desirous of obtaining seeds. 

 The eight following cold beds are destined for 

 the transplanting, separation, and rooting, of 

 young stocks, obtained by sowing the seeds of 

 shrubs and vivacious plants from the frigid and 

 temperate zones. The pots are buried in the 

 earth, and sheltered for a few days from the sun ; 

 and the young plants, when they have taken to 

 the soil, are transported to the green-house or 

 the parterres. 



Next are two sunk beds with a western ex- 

 posure, for the pots of seeds that have not ger- 

 minated the first season, but which may spring 

 the following year. 



East of these beds is a range of lofty arbor- 

 vitaes, between which and the w all is a lodge, or 

 work-shop, for the head gardener and his assis- 

 tants, and a receptacle for their implements — 

 tools, mats, bell-glasses, etc. 



Returning on the side of the garden next the 

 avenue we pass a line of sunk beds, defended 

 from the noon-tide by the foliage of the horse- 

 chesnut avenue, and covered with pots contain- 

 ing the greater part of the seeds from cold coun- 

 tries, and a few, which are extremely small, from 



