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inspected, and any of them that may appear absolutely 
dead are to be picked out and thrown aside. The resi- 
due are again to be laid.in a change of the same cool 
water, and to remain entirely covered therewith for a 
few hours in a cool shady place. The plants are then 
to be taken out and the water thrown away, a fresh 
change being substituted in its place; they are now 
to be set with their roots only therein, and so slack to- 
gether that the air may circulate freely among the stems: 
.as many vessels being provided as may be necessary 
for this purpose. In the course of two or three days, 
shifting the water twice or three timesa day, the plants 
will be sufficiently refreshed, and may then be planted 
out in the nursery as hereafter directed. 
In our wintry climates, the best season for packing 
up plants that are to be transmitted to a remote dis- 
tance, is when the sap is in its most inert state, or short- 
ly after the fall of the leaf. Purchasers who are so situ- 
ated, will therefore please to send their orders in the 
autumn, that measures may be taken to have their 
plants packed up before the setting in of severe frost. 
Plants that have a long journey to encounter, will 
always be packed in moss, if it possibly can be obtain- 
ed: when this cannot be had, oak leaves of the last fall, 
a little moistened, will be substituted. Such as have - 
only a few days journey require no stuffing whatever, 
but will do very well tied up in a mat or other con- 
venient wrapper. A box however is always the safest 
vehicle, as it most effectually prevents the plants 
from suffering by the weather or being injured by the 
carelessness of the carrier. Every person of common in- 
genuity will be able to supply whatever other manage- 
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