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spring free from weeds and runners, removing also 
any flowers as they appear. Towards the latter end 
of May or beginning of June, whenever dull or rainy 
weather may occur, remove them carefully into forty- 
eight-sized pots. It is optional with the grower, 
whether one, two, or three plants are put in one pot, 
according to his object being quality or quantity ; but 
we, desiring fine fruit in preference to number, only 
place one of the strongest or two of the weaker in one 
pot, using enriched melon soil, or turfy loam. Place 
them, when potted, in a situation where they can be 
readily shaded for a short time, and receive regular 
supplies of water if necessary. About the latter end 
of July, or early in August, these pots will be filled 
with roots, when the plants must be repotted into flat 
thirty-two-sized pots, usually termed strawberry pots, 
and at this time plunged in old tan or coalashes. The 
best manner of plunging them we find to be, forming 
beds wide enough to contain five rows of pots, when 
plunged, upon a hard or gravelly surface, to prevent 
them rooting through, the sides supported by slabs of 
the same width as the depth of the pots, and filling 
them up with old tan or ashes; the plants remain here 
until wanted to take in, and are easily protected from 
severe frosts. It will be found an excellent plan to 
preserve the latest forced plants, which are not much 
exhausted, for forcing the first the next season ; these, 
