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ports may be made of wire-work in the form of cones, pyra- 

 mids, &c., and of heights suited to the plants intended to cover 

 them, or branches of trees may be made use of, to which such 

 plants as do not naturally attach themselves should be trained. 

 Those which are not of climbing habits, but which from their 

 slender growth require support, should be trained to neat 

 sticks or pieces of strong wire; which latter, if painted green, 

 and annually collected in autumn and placed in the tool-house, 

 will last for many years. For small and slender plants they 

 are admirably suited, as they are sufficiently strong to support 

 the plants, while from their size and colour they are not rea- 

 dily seen. 



PLANTING HARDY ANNUALS. 



Hardy annuals should now be transplanted from the beds 

 upon which they were sown last month into the borders of 

 the flower garden, where they are to remain to perfect their 

 flowers. Take advantage of a showery day for this opera- 

 tion, or if not, let them be frequently watered, until they 

 have taken fresh root. 



SOWING TENDER ANNUALS. 



Tender annuals for a succession to those already raised, 

 may be sown by the beginning of this month. Of these, the 

 principal are balsams, globe amaranthus, and cockscombs, 

 which will prolong the season of those flowers by coming into 

 bloom when those already sown are decaying. 



MANAGEMENT OF TENDER ANNUALS. 



Tender annuals, sown in March or the beginning of April, 

 will now have aftained a considerable size ; and to have them 

 in perfection, they will require repeated shifting into pots, 

 increasing also in size. In shifting them from one pot to 

 another, care should be taken not to break the balls or injure 

 their roots, as any check to them will be apt to start them 

 into flower in a premature state. They should be kept m a 



