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autumn, and this mode of practice is approved by 

 Mr. Baldwin. (Cult, of Anan. 16.) I nevertheless 

 cannot avoid thinking it wrong ; for the plants, at 

 this period, and subsequently, owing to want of 

 light, can generate a small quantity only of new 

 sap ; and consequently, the matter which composes 

 the new roots that the plant will be excited to emit 

 into the fresh mould, must be drawn chiefly from 

 the same reservoir, which is to supply the blossom 

 and fruit : and I have found, that transplanting 

 fruit-trees, in autumn, into larger pots, has ren- 

 dered their next year's produce of fruit smaller in 

 size, and later in maturity. I therefore would not 

 remove my Pine plants into larger pots, although 

 those in which they grow are considerably too 

 small. 



" As the length of the days diminished, and the 

 plants received less light, their ability to digest 

 food diminished. Less food was in consequence 

 dissolved in the water, which was also given with 

 a more sparing hand ; and as winter approached, 

 water only was given, and in small quantities. 



" During the months of November and Decem- 

 ber, the temperature of the house was generally 

 little above 50, and sometimes as low as 48, and 

 once so low as 40. Most gardeners would, I be- 

 lieve, have been alarmed for the safety of their 

 plants at this temperature ; but the Pine is a much 

 hardier plant than it is usually supposed to be ; and 

 I exposed one young plant in December to a tem- 

 perature of 32, by which it did not appear to sus- 



