922 THE PRAcnrAL gardener. [^"g* 



the natural order of Cruclferfv, should be carefully watched, 

 that their seeds may be saved, and a part of each species 

 immediately sown ; the remainder to be saved till spring, in 

 order to ensure a more positive success. Such plants freely 

 perfect their seeds with us, and their propagation by other 

 means is not so convenient. 



Plants of the natural order of Soxi/ragecCy and those 

 which are allied to it in habit, readily propagate by dividing 

 the whole plant; and most of them will increase by such 

 means, whether each piece be furnished with roots or not. 

 Weeds should be carefully eradicated, and fjreat attention 

 paid to render the atmosphere round them both humid and 

 temperate at this time, when we have generally our hottest 

 weather : this is only to be effected by water, freely and ju- 

 diciously applied to them, and a regular and sufficient degree 

 of shade ; but, as we have already observed, they should not 

 be placed under the drip nor the shade of trees. 



TRANSPLANTING SEEDLING PERENNIAL AND BrENNL\L 

 PLANTS, 



Such plants as may have been originated from seed, of the 

 above denominations, if sufficiently strong, may be safely trans- 

 planted out of the seed-bed into nursery-beds ; or many of the 

 strongest plants may be removed at once into the situations 

 where they are ultimately to remain. 



Advantage should be taken of moist days for this opera- 

 tion ; but if such should not occur, recourse must be had to 

 tlie watering-pot and shading, which must be continued until 

 'ain comes, or until the plants be sufficiently rooted. 



GATHERING FLOWER-SEEDS. 



Flower-seeds, whether annual, biennial, or perennial, should 

 be now carefully gathered as they ripen, where the intention is 

 either to propagate rare or curious species, or for the purpose 

 of sale. As each species ripens, they should Ix? carefully col- 

 lected and deposited in bags, if the quantity be considerable ; 

 hut if small, into small paper package*. In the former case, 



