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the plants where wanted ; having holts at the 

 bottom or the tubs to discharge the superfluous 

 moisture ; placing some stones, &c, to prevent 

 the holes being clogged with the earth ; the me- 

 thod of planting and transplanting being the 

 same as in Pot-Planting. 



//; the twelfth mode, or Planting in Pots, 

 which is practised to all tender exotics, in order 

 for moving them to shelter occasionally, such as 

 all kinds of green-house and hot-house plants; 

 and likewise for many sorts of hardv flowenng- 

 plants, for the convenience of moving them oc- 

 casionally to adorn particular compartments ; 

 and for the convenience of moving some curious 

 sorts when in flower to occasional shelter from 



pot with something; or, if small plants, you 

 may turn the pot mouth downward, and strike 

 the edge gently against any firm substance. In re- 

 planting those potted plants, if the sides of the 

 ball of earth is much matted with the fibres of 

 the root, it is proper to pare off the <ir 

 part, together with a little of the old earth, 

 cially if to be planted in pots again ; then put it 

 in a pot a size larger than before, rilling up ali 

 round with fresh mould, finishing with a mode- 

 rate watering. 



In regard to the proper state and preparation 

 of trees for planting, it mav be observed that 

 young trees, both of the fruit and forest kinds, . 

 are the most suitable, and succeed best; as 



the sun's rays and excessive rains, in order to from three or four to six or eight feet in hcioht, 

 preserve their beauty and prolong the time of and from three or four to five or six years old. 

 their bloom ; such as the fine auriculas, carna- See Forest-, Dwatf-, and Standard-Tru s. 

 tions, &c. In forest-trees, the straightest, most vigorous. 



In planting in this way, it is highly requisite and thriving plants of the respective kinds~should 

 carefully to adapt the sizes to the size and na- alwavs be chosen. 



ture of the different plants intended to be potted: In preparing for planting, in taking up the 

 if small plants, begin first with small pots, one trees out of the nursery", the greatest care is nc- 



Elant only to each pot, especially if to remain ; cessary in raising them with as great a spread of 

 ut according as the different plants advance in roots as possible^ which is often ill attended to, 

 f;rowth shift them into pots one or two sizes especially when large orders of plants are to be 

 arger, which may be requisite to many sorts drawn in a hurry. The ground about the trees 

 once a year, to others once in two or three should always be opened" with the spade widely 

 years, according to circumstances. round the roots, and deep enough to get to their 



Garden-pots for this use are of several regular bottom without hacking and cutting them with 

 sizes, from two to sixty in a cast, distinguished the spade, but so as to raise each pTant with all 

 at the pot-houses accordingly ; as twos, sixes, its roots as entire as possible. After havinc 

 twelves, sixteens, twenty-fours, thirty-twos, taken up the trees out of the nursery, Sec, it is 

 forty-eights, sixties, or sixty-fours, Sec, each also of great moment to have them' replanted as 

 pot having one or more apertures at bottom to' soon as possible in the places allotted for them ; 

 discharge the superfluous moisture. They are for, although by properly covering the roots 

 sold by the potters at so much per cast, large with litter, or, if sent to any considerable 

 and small, all of a-price; those of only two m distance, by tying them in bundle's, and pack- 

 a cast the same as those of sixty ; and from two ing them up with plentv of straw about the 

 shillings to half a crown or three shillings per roots, and afterwards closely matted round, they 

 cast is the general price. See Pot, Garden. may be preserved in tolerable good condition a 

 Sometimes, instead of baskets, small young fortnight or longer — yet, where it is possible tc 

 tree* and other plants with balls, intended to be plant them the same dav, or in a dav or two 

 sent to any distance, are put separately in after, before the small fibres are shrunk or dried, 

 pots, and when they are to be placed in the full it will be of much advantage in the first growth 

 ground, each should be turned out of the pot of the trees ; but when this~cannot be done thev 

 with the ball entire. should be immediately laid in the ground in a 



Trees and other plants that have generally trench. 



grown in pet-, where they have been of some 

 standing, have the whole earth bv means of 

 the numerous fibres formed into one compact 

 lump, so that it will readily come out entire^nd 

 firm ; or to such as do not so easily quit the pot, 

 a long blade of a knitc, or some other thin in- 



fo preparing for planting, the roots must have 

 an occasional trimming, net however to re- 

 trench or reduce any bul the maimed and de- 

 cayed parts ; therefore previous to planting ex- 

 amine the root, and cut out all such parts as 

 have been broken or damaged in taking up, and 

 strument, may be throat down between the out- any casual decayed parts or other blemishes be- 

 side of the ball and pot all round, and it will ing careful to leave all the sound roots every 

 then readily come out, either in drawing by the where entire; leaving also all the small fibres 

 stem of t'.e plant, or by striking the edge of the that are fresh and vigorous, only trimming off 

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