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ginning of May, when it will be necessary to remove them to 

 some more shaded place. There is not any plant which at- 

 tracts the florist's attention, that requires more shade than the 

 polyanthus. 



TRANSPLANTING CARNATIONS AND PINKS. 



In mild weather, transplant those carnation plants, which 

 have been last year propagated from layers, into beds in the 

 flower garden, or into pots, to be afterwards shifted into larger 

 ones as they advance, in the latter of which they should be 

 left to flower ; or they may be planted out singly, or in patches, 

 of tln ee plants in each patch, promiscuously through the flower 

 garden or edges of the shrubbery. 



Pinks propagated last year should now be also planted out, 

 either in beds in the flower garden, or in patches in diiSferent 

 parts of it. 



FLOWER GARDEN BORDERS. 



Let the flower garden borders or beds be now thoroughly 

 cleared of all weeds, and every kind of litter ; for neatness in 

 this department is expected, and always agi'eeable, and at no 

 season more so than at the present, when the flowers and 

 plants are beginning to appear. The surface of the borders 

 should be neatly and carefully stiiTed with a hoe, and neatly 

 raked, which will give a liveliness to the surface, and make 

 the whole appear pleasing to the eye. 



ALPINE AND OTHER RARE PLANTS IN POTS. 



At this season, many of the Alpine, and other rare plants in 

 pots, will now be beginning to show evident signs of vegeta- 

 tion. It is necessary, therefore, that they be carefully ex- 

 amined, and that it be ascertained which of them are dead, 

 that they may be by some means or other made up again. 

 Those which it is desirous to propagate, should now be taken 

 out of their pots, and divided into pieces, according to their 

 several habits, and repotted ; and others that may have in- 

 creased beyond the intended limits of this collection, should 

 he planted out, partly on the rock, or in favorable situations 



