AND CONSEEVATORT. 



G3 



will drain away down that side, and the other side will be 

 only partly moistened. In repotting plants growing in peat 

 it is well-nigh impossible to ram it too firm, and unless the 

 new soil is made quite hard the water will run through it before 

 the old ball has become properly moistened. It is owing to a 

 neglect of this precaution that so many cultivators fail in 

 growing hard-wooded plants satisfactorily. It is not less im- 

 portant for the old ball of soil to be of a proper degree of 

 moisture for the well-being of the plant before it is transferred 

 to a fresh pot, for when the soil is in a dry state there is a con- 

 siderable amount of difficulty in moistening it afterwards. In 

 the event of a difficulty in making the soil equally moist, 

 whether in the case of a plant that has been long in the same 

 pot, or one newly potted, make an end of the difficulty, by 



FLOWEE-POT EEADT FOR USE. 



a, h, c are three layers of crocks or potsherds, the largest at the bottom, 

 the smallest at the top. 



dropping it gently into a bucket of water, and leaving it there 

 for half an hour, by which time the roots will be well wetted 

 throughout. 



Propagating by seeds and cuttings will be part of the 



