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the young plants make their appearance, it then 

 becomes necessary to give them very gradually 

 more air, in order to harden, and render them fit 

 for an entire exposure to it, which they will be able 

 to bear in a fortnight or three weeks, at which time 

 the box should be taken out of the frame, and 

 placed in rather a warm situation, though not too 

 much exposed to the sun, till towards the end of 

 April, when it may again be removed to a cooler 

 aspect, where it can only receive the sun till nine 

 o'clock in the morning ; and in May, if the weather 

 is hot, it should be placed in the most cool and 

 airy part of the garden, not neglecting at any time 

 to keep the earth moderately moist, but at the 

 same time preserving it from violent rains when- 

 ever they occur. As soon as any of the plants 

 appear with six leaves, such should be taken out 

 from the rest, and transplanted into other boxes, 

 filled with the compost, about two inches distant 

 from each other ; and when they are again grown, 

 so as nearly to touch each other, they must be a 

 second time transplanted into larger boxes, or small 

 pots, where they should remain till they blow, 

 which will generally happen the following spring ; 

 but their full merit will not be seen until the 

 second year, when the finer kinds may be marked 

 for the house, and the inferior varieties for the 

 open borders." 



