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weeks afterwards. They should be pLaced in a shad- 

 ed situation, as behind a wall, high hedge or among 

 tall shrubs, for two or three weeks ; in order to 

 harden them by degrees, and enable them to stand 

 the full force of the sun's rays the better. V/hile 

 here, they must bp duly attended to with water ; 

 and if the situation be exposed to high winds, the 

 larger plants should be sunk, or be half-sunk intq 

 the earth, the better to secure them from being up» 

 set. 



Some appropriate and lay out a spot in the shrub- 

 bry or flov/er-garden, on purpose, for the reception 

 and arrangement of these plants ; and others forni 

 exotic shrubbries with them, by plunging them 

 about the borders, or in the alleys between the beds 

 of bulbous flowers, in a sort of random manner. 

 In this respect, every one may indulge his fancy. 

 There is no impropriety in the one mode, or in the 

 other ; at least in so far as regards the hardier sorts. 

 Others, as the young and finer kinds of heaths, many 

 small delicate plants, the succulents, &c. are perhaps 

 better treated by being placed on a floor of dry gra- 

 vel or ashes, or on one composed of a mixture of 

 both, in a sheltered situation ; where they can be 

 more particularly attended to, according to the state 

 of the v/eather. Were they plunged in the ground, 

 they might be injured by too much moisture in the 

 time of heavy rains or floods; but by being collected 

 into a small compass, as above, they can readily be 

 attended to with water, or be defended from heavy 

 rains, as they may require it. 



Previouiily to arranging the plants^ in either of 



