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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,
ir
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.dechoice 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
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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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Soe
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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