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FLOWER GARDEN. 
on several seasons of planting than on one. 
Finks and Pansies ought both to be planted 
at least six inches apart, and not more than 
seven in a row across a four-feet wide bed. 
Biennials and Perennials are sown this 
month or next, that they may acquire growth 
during the fine months ; when they are large 
enough to handle conveniently, they may be 
planted out in nursery beds, to be strengthened 
and got ready for planting where they are to 
bloom, before the winter sets in, autumn re- 
moval being far better .than spring — Colum- 
bines, Canterbury Bells, perennial Lupins of 
all kinds, especially the Lupinus Polyphyllus, 
Polyanthus, Auricula, Phlox, Sweet William, 
"Wallflower, Rockets, Pink, Carnation, Picco- 
tee, and Hollyhock, two-year Stocks, such as 
Brompton, Queen, Giant, &c, and all other 
biennials and perennials used in borders or pots. 
In all cases we make an exception to this 
wholesale and out-of-door sowing, when the 
seed is remarkably choice, and the loss of every 
one is an object ; such, for instance, as Pink, 
Piccotee, Polyanthus, Auricula, Carnation, 
and such others as have been saved for the 
purposes of improvement in the races and 
exhibition. In such cases the seed and seed- 
lings, though perfectly hardy, must be con- 
fined to boxes or pots, which can be placed in 
frames, and shaded when they require it, as 
well as protected from heavy rains -or too 
much moisture. In ordinary cases, when they 
are merely for ornament in a common border, 
the loss of a few seeds is nothing of conse- 
quence, so that sowing and raking in will be 
sufficient. 
Shrubs. — It is .a late period to plant out 
shrubs, but if you have not already done all 
you want in that way, you must exercise your 
ingenuity to remove them as whole as you 
can. Many deciduous plants cannot be re- 
moved, for they are growing rapidly, and 
would flag past recovery for the season, if not 
actually die, with all the care that could be 
used ; exceptions are made to every thing that 
can be bought in pots, and which can be re- 
moved at any time and in any weather, by 
taking the precaution of soaking the whole 
ground around them with water ; but if they 
are turned out of the pot in dry weather, 
when the earth is parched, and merely watered 
in, as too many do such things, the parched 
earth around soon absorbs it all, and the plant 
suffers accordingly. It is well to do all these 
unseasonable movings after wet weather has 
prevailed; but when you have not this oppor- 
tunity, and do not like to wait for it, soak the 
ground completely all round for some distance, 
and follow it up hy daily supply, until the 
rain relieves you of the labour. 
Gravel Walks should be turned towards 
the end of the month, .and rolled smooth ; it 
gives them all the appearance of new ones ; 
and if the gravel be too dirty or too thin, a 
fresh coat of it will be desirable. 
The verges of beds and borders should be 
cut even, and of uniform width, for their 
growth during the winter is generally uneven; 
the most hardy grasses continuing to thrive 
through almost all weathers, while the more 
tender are checked through the winter. The 
edges of lawns, also, must be cut even ; and 
mowing begins to be necessary, as well as 
going carefully over the grass, to take up with 
the spud the coarse weeds and flowers which 
are unsightly, such as daisies, dandelions, 
thistles, &c, wherever they obtrude. 
Borders will by this time show all their 
bulbs and herbaceous plants, so that the sur- 
face may be stirred up and raked without 
damaging the contents; whereas, if you begun 
before all these things were up, although 
labels might have pointed out the places, they 
would be in great danger. Let the whole of 
the borders, clumps, and beds be thus made 
level, and be cleared of obnoxious plants and 
weeds ; it makes the spaces clear, and shows 
where the flowering plants may be placed, or 
annuals sown to remain for flowering. 
UNDER GLASS. 
Plants under cover in green-houses, stoves, 
pits, &c, of whatever kind you are forcing, 
and however you are forcing them, must be 
constantly watered and removed into cooler 
places as they begin to open their bloom, as 
whether they are in hot-beds made of common 
stable dung, or a pit heated, or a proper stove, 
if they perfect their bloom in heat, they will 
assuredly flag on their removal, whereas if they 
are removed before the flowers open, they 
will open better in a cooler place. Thus from 
a hot-bed or stove, they should be removed to 
the green-house, or a room in the dwelling- 
house. Other plants may be put in the forcing 
place, to succeed those now almost flowering or 
getting forward. The green-house, stove, 
propagating house, and pits, must be well 
cleansed and brushed out, to clear them of 
vermin, rotten leaves, and dampness. The 
shelves should be brushed over, the bottom of 
the pots examined, and where the drainage has 
been at all impeded, the holes must be cleared 
out. Examine plants of all kinds, to see if the 
pot is filled with roots, that they may be 
shifted into pots a size larger. Take off dead 
leaves from plants, and wash any that indicate 
bug or scale with soap-suds, and afterwards 
syringe them well with plain but rather warm 
water. 
the stove and orchideous house. 
Stove. — In this department it will be found 
that many plants are inclined to start into 
vigorous growth, and consequently require 
