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"As soon as the plants api^onr snniciently advanced in growili to ho drawn 

 from tlie frame, whicli is when al)oiit an inch and a liall' in lieigiit, and lie- 

 fore tliey run at all weakly, 1 prick thcni out on a hed of coniitost prepared 

 as ahove, ohservinj^, in dihiiling liu^ plants in, to let the roots [)e tolerahy iirni- 

 fixed in the gronnd, lcavin>^ the little hollow on oi\e side of each plant cans- 

 ed l)y the action of the dibble, wirudi allows the yoinig plants to receive and 

 retain a greater degree of inoistnn>, a desideratnin at this precise time most 

 im|)ortant to their existence, and whicli is always inaiidy insirnmental in 

 their snccess. Should the weather he dry, occasional waterings between the 

 rows with a fine rose pot must be given. It is an additional advantage to 

 afford night covering with mats, by means of hoo|)-l)ends, tit this early sea- 

 son, until the plants are re-rooted and estahlislied ; for, notwithstanding the 

 Ten-week Stock jiartakes of the character of a hardy annual, we nuist avoid 

 exposing them to unseasonable severity; or, as in the case of infaicy in our- 

 selves, we may crush that life which might otherwise have matured, and 

 adorned society. 



"I let the plants remain thus imtil they are set for bloom, and the young 

 buds are sufficiently developed to enable me to distinguisli the "double" from 

 the "single" plants, which is easily done, the double i)i-esenting a round, 

 knobbed, full appearance, altogether different from the single. I'lie distinc- 

 tion in the first or early show of tiie bloom will readily suggest itself 

 to the most uninformed on the siil ject. I then select such of tije double 

 plants as I require for potting, and carefully remove each with a strong round- 

 ed garden trowel, which I do without in the least disturbing the root, taking 

 np each with a good hall of earth attached. I place one strong looking 

 plant in the centre of a 48-sized pot, filling up the pot with a compost simi- 

 lar to that above described; or I place three plants triangularly in a 36 or 

 24-sized pot, and settle the plants moderately firm. I then place them in a 

 shady situation until well re-established. 



"From this transplanting I keep the pots supplied with a regular mois- 

 ture, preferring evening watering, which revives the plants aJter the ex- 

 haustion occasioned by the effect of the sun. They succeed best when the 

 season is moderately rainy. If the plants are at any time suffered to droop 

 for want of moisture, they will never succeed, and the hopes of the cultivator 

 will be blighted. 



"By the foregoing method, which I have adopted with the utmost success 

 for several seasons, I have bloomed the scarlet and white varieties in j)ots, in 

 a degree of perfection and beauty which I really have not Ijeen in the habit 

 of observing elsewhere, and which I feel confident can never be acquired by 

 the simple methods resorted to by persons generally, without the assistance 

 of the green-house ; and the Stocks which are sent out for sale in bloom 

 early in the season, having just emerged from the tender care and skill of 

 the most eminent nurserymen in the suburbs of London, will be sure to con- 

 tain many single flowers; and when purchased, and their situation conse- 

 quently changed, they are doomed but to a transient existence. 



"I have transplanted many hundreds in this manner, and rarely or ever 

 had one die ; they seldom flag at all |)erceptibly, and even then but for a few 

 hours only. As such I respectfully beg to recommend the adoption of the 

 plan, of course at the same time strongly urging the necessity of a similar 

 care and attention to what I have here described. 



" I have had them in bloom in May, and with their lateral shoots through- 

 out the summer." 



