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G A R D E N 1 N G. 663
pcu white lily is fo &rw a rarity as to d&rve ~ pl.lce iD
Ibe niedt gudén, and the oraage·lily is a proper eom.
panioo for it; the lily of tbe valley is eafily railed from
plants, aDd rhrives bell io (hady ground.
Tb< crolllo.imperial may be raifed from feeds, but is
(ommonly propagared from off fm that fpriog ywly from
014 rONS, whieh are lO be taken up io JUDe \IIheo tbe
tlalk! are dry, aod replanted io Augull.
Tbe lIIork to be done this moorh, io tbe fruit aod
kitcheo·gardeD, is the as direaed io the precediog
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S E P T E B E R.
FL O\V I ~·GA RDS N.
T HE tulip is propagated io the followiog maoner: th~
fl,nll of this BOIV,r b,ing Idt remaining upon the roor,
will perfc:c1 their feeds .bout July, wbieb wiJl be 6t to
g~tber when the feed·velfels b<gin to burll; aDd th,n
they are to be cut dofe ro the ground in • dry day, and
lald io fome dry place ri!! Seprcrnber, wheo tbey are to
be fOIllO, in a foil compofed of natural black earth and
fa nd; .nd after their fecond appe.raoce above graund,
•hey may be taken from the POts rhey \Vcrc fowo io, and
pue io a bed of natural faody foil, well Gfted, , here
tbe thiekoefs of half ao ioeb of the fame eanh /hould be
fpre:d ortr thero; and thus they are to contioue, wirh·
oat any olher culture rhao every year addiog half ao ineh
for their covericg. till they begin tO blow, whieh 'I'ill be
i~ 6ve or lix yem time: io this manner tulip feeds ~re
I<e,y ye.r to be fowo for new varieties.
Jn plaotir.g tulips, al/ th~ for\l'ard blowers (hould be
plantcd io a bed ro~ether; and of the lare fiowering tu·
lips rhe ll forts Ibould be plmd in the Oliddle line
of the béd, \li th two rolVs of rhe Iboncr on eaeh fideo
Tulip! planteJ io this monrh need no Ibcltcr till Mareh,
when, the /lower buds appcariog, theyIboulu be cldcnd·
ed from bligilts 'lÍth mats, ~r orha co~ering; ,~bich eo–
vcring wil! .Ho fen'e ro Ibelrer IheDl, whel1 blown from
the tOO powerful hm of the fuo, anu peroiciou!
Ilamrs.
There are tIVO c!lúes oftuli ps; the preteoce rulips or elrly
blowers, and the ferolir.e or I.rer blowcrs; and rhefe are
tii:1inauilhe¿ by rheir docble and fingle fiowers : rhey have al·
fo diffmnt denominations. from Iheir colour and Udture, as
blgars, whieh are rhe rallen fiowcr!, commonly porple
and "hire m.rrbled: agares, which grow fhorter, and are
"eined wirh rwo colours ; and beazans, lI'hich ha"e fou r
tolOlllS, lending 10 yellow and red, of fevtral forlS.
You may now take up rhe roors of rhe peonr, pan and
plant rhem; rhey will profpe r in any foil.
The feed of rhe mul/cin may now be (olVn, in a fan¡ly
foil, and a fllady pan of rhe garden; ir is a beauliful
plant, and blofToms four fm high.
Violers are increa(ed by tranfplanring their runnm ti·
ther in this monrh or in February, which wil/ (¡f rhem·
felm take root at every joinr; rh,y rhriv. belt in a bind·
ing (oil, Ibady fituation, and nlould be plaoted in tlle mell
tural pam of the garden.
You may now iccreafe d.ifies by pming the,r roors .
aod rhey make very prCtly edgings for fiower beds. '
LayCr5 of the hooeyluckle may no... be pUt down'
thcr thrive bdt io rhe Ibad" acd are mefl e¡/iJy traio,d
up 10 pors.
There are feven fom of rhe jdfamine: tbe eommon
IVhile, rbe yellow, aod rhe PerGaojelfamine, are prop••
g.red from laym or curtiogs, and will grolV in aDy fod ;
rhe I.yer! are made iD rhis monrh, and rhe euuiogs may
ar rh, fame time be planred, whieh fhould alwa)'! be a
foor I~ng, aod rwo joiors be uoder grouod. The jdr.mine
Ibould be planted agaioll walls or mes, or mixtd iD bedges.
There are jefTamines of a more teoder oarure, whieh re.
quire ro b, Ibeltered in rheeonfcrvaroryio thewior~r, as th~
Spanifh jelf.mine, tbe Portugal jefT.mine, rhe Indiao jelfa–
mine, aod rhe Arabiao jelf.mioe: rhefe are propagated by
grafring 00 rheeommoo whire jelfaminein March, or by io–
arehiog iD May, or cuttiogs dat the fame rime: the iD.
arched plants aretobecuroffrhe middleofAugun fol/owiog,
and ioFebruary you are to cut off rhe branchcs wirhin four
or 6.e inehes of the flem; and, .frer rhey have f,ef!¡
eanh put tO rheir roots, they may be fet oear rhe glJfTes
Or winuolI's of the green.houfe : rhey fucceed. befl 10 a
medium foil betwetn fand and clay, wilhout duog, aod
Ibould oot be warercd too frequeody .
The virgio's bower is raifed from laym iD tbis moolh,
and from cuttings alfo: it is of a rWlning narure, mull be
fuppomd with Uakes: irmayeither be plaDledagainll. wall,
Or fet in rbe wi!déloefs; aod ir rhrives beU iD a lighr foil.
The Virginia dog.wood blelfoOls carly io the fprio&;
and rhe ftower! are fueceeded by red beme" which hang
a long rime upon rhe me: rhe feeds are fown iDpot! of
light eanh in aurumo, and they are ti) lland the "iorer io
the grcen·houie, giving rhent the :dliftance of rhe hot·bed
th< ful/owing fpring.
Thc VirglDi. myrde, which bears bm ies, fromwhich
is drawn rhe grl'ClI wax whereof candles are made, is pro·
pagmd by fowing the bel ries inpors of black fandy e I th,
whlch fllOulJ be kepr conrinua!ly moi(l.
The ·me is a planr of Virginia, whkh lofes
irs I<aves in wimr, and in th~ fpring purs fOllh irs )'e/.
low n~wers in duOers, which are fucceeded by llue
l,enil's, like rhof< of rhe laurus rinus; rhtfe hemes are
fown iD aurumll, in a fandy loil.
You mal' now 1.1)'<1$ or flips of the box me;
anJ rhe fteds may be fown as foon as ripe, or laid in fand
dllring rh~ winrer, tO be fOil n in Ihe fpring fol/o~'inc ;
this plant thril'eS bell in a chalky foil
The dwarf or Dureh box, is of glm u(e for edgins of
flowcr·beds, or mJking f~roll-works; ir will remaio goo.!,
wirhout rencwing, a long tlmc; aod fo grm is rhe in·
creafe oC ir, rbar teíng eanhed up every )ear, in four or
6ve years afrer rhe planrillg, ir may be t;¡ken up, paned,
or flipped, anJ' le m~de ro pl"nl luur umes the grouad
il {loúu upon.
F R U 1 T GA R tl E N.'
Yov may now gorher rhe diIFereot forts of frU:t as
they ripen ; for rhufe lI'hich m iDcdring tbis moorh, fd. ,
dUlll continu: 10Dg .good.
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