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ANNUAL FLOWERS. 
day time, (shutting it down close at night,) and when 
the plants appear, they will require to be shaded from 
the noon day sun, with a garden mat. As soon as the 
seedling plants are an inch or two high, commence 
transplanting them, about two inches apart, each sort 
by itself, beginning at that end of the frame previously 
unoccupied by them; when they are all planted, give 
them a gentle watering, and put on the sash. As they 
begin to grow, give them plenty of air, and water as 
they require it. They should be gradually exposed 
before they are inured to the open air; then taken 
up with good balls of earth, and planted in their proper 
situations in the flower garden. Some kinds of plants 
have tap roots and do not transplant well ; these may 
be sown in pots, and placed in a spare part of the 
frame, and when this is wanted, they can be removed 
into the Greenhouse or a room window, till the wea¬ 
ther is favorable for setting them out in the garden. 
As the summers in this climate are usually warm 
enough for the growth of nearly all the tender annu¬ 
als, those who have no hot-bed may select such of 
this kind as they wish, and sow them from the middle 
of May to the first of June; with a little attention to wa¬ 
tering in dry weather, they will grow as freely as other 
annuals, and mostly flower in August and September. 
Where there is the advantage of a Greenhouse, 
many kinds of annuals can be had to flower early in 
spring, by sowing the seed in August in pots, and 
removing them into the Greenhouse in the fall. Place 
them on a shelf near the glass, in a cool airy part of 
the house, and in February or March a few of each 
kinds may be shifted into larger pots to flower in the 
