472 THE PLEASURE, OR , [Aug. 
and has created a doubt in the minds of Mr. Curtis and others, 
whether it ought not to be considered a distinct genus. 
It has been generally treated as a green-house plant, but with 
me, it survived the severe winter of 1804-5, in the open ground, 
and therefore I consider it perfectly hardy. It flowers in May and 
June, delights in a dry soil, and may now be propagated by its run- 
ners, which it produces in great abundance. 
The Saxifraga cotyledon, or pyramidal saxifrage. This species 
has a fibrous perennial root, crowned with cartilaginous sawed 
leaves in a cluster, like house-leek; the stems are generally about a 
foot or more high, and terminated with panicles of white flowers; 
the whole forming a beautiful pyramid. The flowers are produced 
in May and June, and when kept in the shade, and screened from 
wind and rain will continue in beauty a considerable time. The 
plant may now be propagated, by oii'sets, which it produces freely. 
Floivering Plants in Pots. 
Such annual and other flowering plants as are in pots must now 
be carefully supplied with water; some kinds requiring it twice a 
day in very dry weather, others once a day, and a few sorts not so 
often. As to the consumption of water, there is an astonishing dif- 
ference in the constitutions of plants, some absorbing and discharg- 
ing it so quickly as to excite surprise, and others but very slowly; 
therefore you must supply each respective kind, according to its 
habit and necessity. 
Ordinary Attendance. 
Give water as often as necessary to all the young plantations of 
herbaceous flower-roots; cut down the stems of such as are past 
bloom; loosen the earth in the tops of all your pots containing 
flowering-plants; clip hedges, if omitted in the last month; clip 
box edgings, and trim the various other kinds used for that pur- 
pose, into a neat and becoming form; but let this be done early in 
the month, and if possible in moist and cloudy weather. Mow 
grass-walks and lawns once a week or fortnight, according to the 
growth of the grass. Sweep, dress, and roll the gravel -walks once 
a week; hoe and clean the flower borders, beds, alleys, and shrub- 
bery compartments; and let the weeds be raked up and carried 
away immediately out of the garden, &c. Trim and tie up any 
loose growing or straggling plants; dress disorderly growing 
shrubs, and inoculate such kinds as you wish to propagate in that 
way. 
Gather flower-seeds as they ripen and preserve thern till the sea- 
son of sowing; most kinds will keep better and longer in their 
pods or husks than when rubbed out. 
Sowing Auricula, Polyanthus, Anemone, and Ranunculus Seeds. 
I find in almost every treatise on gardening that I have met with, 
