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Aftcrwards you

m~y

Cet beans for a fllmmer crop, and

plant rofes, CIVeet brier, curraots or goofebcrries, al every

6ve or fix fce! dlllance, as the plants will not bcgin to

bear fruit to any purpofe tilllhe following year, ami it will

be the third ycar after pldnling before there will be a full

erop

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in the mean time the rofes, gooCeberrics,

&c.

turn

to a good account, bcfides being

li:rvice~ble

tOtbe plants

by fhading them.

The Ilrawberries fhould be kept clear of weeds, and,

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their blowing feaCon be dry, " ell wmred: mly in

¡be fpring you mull cleanCe them, and filog loofe emh

lImong them to IIrengthen their roots.

Of llrawberries there are five Com, the chila llraw–

berry, the hautboy,·the Ccarlet, the red, aml the wbite

wooJ.llrawberry.

There are tWO kinds of raCpberries, the red and while

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me lauer is the gremr mity, and thrives In fuch ground

as agrm ben with llrawberries, being propagated by

nips taken from the rOOtStbe lauer end of this Olonth or

in March.

RaCpberries fhould be planted in Gngle rows, about a

ioot or eighteen inches aCunder, and three feet between

avery row, leaving the heads tWO feet high when plant–

'(d.

Tbe Mufcovy c!ullered rarpberry, planted agaion a

wall betweeo the trees where there is a vacaocy, will

ripen very rooo: aod tbeir chief culture is tO keep them

clean from weeds in the fpriog : to prune the tops of the

Ilrongen fhoots of the lall year, leaving tbem about three

feet high

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and tO CUt away all

~ead

aod

we~k

braoches.

The gooreberry is propagated either by feeds, fuckm,

or cunings

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the firn may be rown as foon as ripe, aod

wilJ

come up the rpring followiog

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the ruckers are takeo

from the roots of old trees when their leaves ·are falleo,

~d

tranCplaoted in nurreries, in open weather

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and the

touiogs will take root, being planted in lhe mooths of Ser'

lember or Oélober.

This me requires a llrong holding foil, and may

be

tran(planted wilb more fafety ioGaober lhan at this time

of the yeal.

Curraots are to be raired in the fame manoer as tbe

goofeberry, and thr¡ve bell io the Came kind of foil.

Liquorice fuould

be

pl.nted at rhis rearon of the year

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IIDd the ground

m.de

choice of for planting it fuould be

treoched three feet deep, and lbe liquorice Cet at a

COOt

diaance every way.

MARCH.

FLOWER · GA1D&N.

THE rofe campion is propagmd either from feeds

fown this month, or from Oíps taken from tbe root! : the

double·blolTom kind is raired from flips only, as it does not

produce any reeds

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tbe lafl·:nentiooed tbrim bell in a

loaray roil. and opeo expofure.

In th" month airo off-fm of the white hdlebore are

planted in a rich light foil.

Seeds are now. Cown of the fox-glave, which fucceed

ben in the fhade and aloamy foil

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thisRower

do~s

DOI blolV

tilllwD mODlbs from the time of fowing.

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N

e,

Tite poppy, which is an annual, is fownin fpalS;

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is the \'cnus

lookiog.gl

¿,: th, lauer is proper alfo fur

edgitlf!·

Titeva\crian is raired Crom reeds, and fome kinds of it

are inacareu by parting the root!.

The primrofe tree will grow in any foil, and the rced

of it is fown in tite

n~tural

ground towards the end of

thismonrh : it is yery proper for lbe middle of bordm

in I"'ge gardens

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and rhe feedling1'laoll, which will nQI

bloffom 1111 the fecond year, are to be Cown in the nurf,.

ry, and the young plants removed to proper places in tite

Augull arter they come "p.

Sltps of the genliane!!. are planted in a fandy Coil

in

thi. month or Augun.

Cardinal Rowm are raired by reeds rown in hot beds,

in finc fifled canh ; and the rceds being fmall, are tO

b~

lightly comed wilh mould: theCe fiowers, wbich are

commonly cultivaled in POtS, may be inCreared by parto

inC their roots in April, aod planting them io

pl.ce!

well

txpored tO the ruo.

You fhould oow fow the Cceds of the lIock.gilliflowers,

aod tranfplant them in the Augull follolViog, in a ligh!

natural dry foil.

The double kinds of this Hower may be increlfed by

l1ips or cuuings planted in May, Juoe, or July.

Sow rhe reeds of the acanthus, io a fandy roil, and

~

tbe

fh~de.

A loamy Coil :s requiGte fOr raiGng the double rocket

fiower, which is prop.gated Crom flips takeo froro abou!

the rool.

The fcarlet Iynchis is propagated eitber froro feed!, or

¡¡ips taken Crom the root

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it is airo Gultivmd in pOlS, aod

requires a loamy foil, and open expnCure.

The reveral fons

oC

double wall·fiower! may be raifed.

from fiips planted in fllady places, either in March,A'

pril, Mal', or June

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bUI the bloody wall·fiower may be

more

e~Gly

ratCed from feeds fown in this month: and a

faody foil is requiGte tO make them thri.e.

The monk's bood, a Hower of a poironou! quality, .is

propagated by parting the roots, which fhould be d.ooe In

.this month, aod

wiU

thrive befl io a loamy foil,

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tbe

mon fhady place io )'our garden.

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The flln·Sower, which will grow io

Bny

foil,

IS

ra¡{ed

from reeds fown io large borders

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and alro by paning Ihe

10011,

eirher io this moOth or io Augull.

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The aflers, or narworts, will thriV1: in any rOII, and

are fit compaoions f9r the rallell fiowers in your garden:

they are propagated from Oips taken from tlle

r~t

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aod

the befl melhod is to plam them in pot,·, otherwlCe they

will grow fo numerous as to become .¡.nufance ratber thlO

ao oroament.

Seeru or Iayers of [he pallion'lree may be

fo~o

tbis

month

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a~d

every cuuing of it, bdng planled

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earth, wil) take root about May or June.

This

tr~

is a prodigious quick grower, aod very bar'

dy

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laves moifl and c<\ol places

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and, if

cooflantl~

\V¡.

tcred, and dUDeed aboul the roolS, it will beac frult re'

fembliog lemons.

The arbutus, thrim io a light, gravdly

roil,."ndn~a~

be .raired eilher from reeds or layers

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and the rrult (whIC

mua be gathered about Chrillmas, nod laid la dry for

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