OF EARLY CUCUMBERS. 9 



Plants should be always potted off when 

 young, as they strike more freely in the pots ; 

 and, in doing this, the following directions should 

 be attended to. 



Put the mould in the bed to chill, the day 

 before potting off, and let it be of the same 

 description as that in which the seed was sown. 

 If the pots are old and dirty, wash them, and be 

 careful in having them properly dried before they 

 are made use of. Take some old rotten turf, or 

 a little of the coarse siftings of the leaf mould, 

 and place a small quantity over the tile at the 

 bottom of every pot ; then fill them about one- 

 third full, put three plants in each, and cover the 

 roots about an inch. The pots must not be 

 plunged, but placed on the surface, and some 

 water given them with a fine rose. 



It is necessary to have a small pot on pur- 

 pose to water the plants, which will contain 

 about three quarts, and has a hollow fine rose, 

 which is much better calculated to water the 

 plants regularly than a spreading one. 



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