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September. Be careful at each transplanting, 

 while the plants are out of the beds, to have the 

 beds put into a proper state by the addition of 

 fresh tan, &c. 



" When the plants are out of the stoves in the 

 month of September, prepare the pits in the same 

 manner as directed for the succession-beds, with 

 three-fourths of new tan at the bottom, &c. ; then 

 shift the plants into pots about fourteen inches dia- 

 meter at the top, and plant them at suitable dis- 

 tances for fruiting ; plunge the pots at first half- 

 way into the tan, till the heat diminishes to a safe 

 temperature, then fill up the interstices between 

 the pots with tan, and as the plants are now sta- 

 tioned, let them so remain till they are fruited off 

 for the table. The plants, young and old, had 

 best be near the glass, and small stoves are to be 

 preferred, because they require less fire. The glass 

 should be closely puttied, to keep out the cold 

 air, and to retain the warm. 



" The fruiting-house during the winter should be 

 kept at about seventy of Fahrenheit's scale. It 

 may be left in the evening about seventy-five, and 

 it will be found in the morning about sixty-five, so 

 that no attendance during the night will be neces- 

 sary. 



" There should be no water given to the young 

 suckers from September till April, while they re- 

 main in the tan without pots. After they are potted 

 they require to be watered two or three times a 

 week during the summer, according as the temper- 



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