Occupations > Abercrombie's improved practical gardener; with a monthly calendar for the flower garden

300 THE FLOWER GARDEN. [JOLT.
Bcarlet-lychnis, and rose-campions; French ho-
ney-suckles and hollyhocks, carnations, pinks,
rockets, scabius, campanulas, and all others of
tne perennial and biennial kinds.
They should now be planted in nursery beds.
Prepare beds for that purpose, three feet and a
half broad; rake the surface even, and then im¬
mediately put in the plants, each sort separate,
five or six rows in each bed, and about six or
eight inches asunder in the row; let them be
directly watered, and occasionally afterwards,
till they have struck good root.
Let them remain in these beds to acquire a
proper growth and strength for a final transplant¬
ation next October, November, or in the spring;
then taken up with balls, and planted in the bor¬
ders, or where intended; or some of the more
curious may also be planted in pots: all of which
will flower in perfection next year.
But of the stock July-flowers, I would advise
to plant a good portion at once, where they are
to remain in beds, borders, or pots.
Auricula Plants in Pots.
Look now and then to the choice auricula plants
in pots. When dead leaves at any time appear
upon tne plants, let them be immediately taken
off, and let no weeds grow in the pots.
The plants will also in dry weather require to
be pretty often watered, and this must not be
omitted.