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thinning alternately, any of the kinds may 

 not be totally extirpated. 



Suppofe, then, that the houfe is built, 

 and the border has been prepared conform- 

 ably to the directions given in the laft fec- 

 tion, and that the plants are in readinefs } 

 let pits be made, at the above diftances, 

 eighteen inches deep, and as much in dia- 

 meter; fill themhalf with vegetable mouldy 

 take the plants carefully out of the pots with 

 the balls entire, and, unlefs matted, place 

 them fo in the pits, filling in with vege- 

 table, or other rich,lig^it mould, and fettling 

 them with a little water. But if the plants 

 have been a confiderable time in the pots 

 without being ihifted, and if their roots 

 ftre in any meafure matted, it would be 

 improper to plant them fo ^ therefore, let 

 the ball, in this cafe, be reduced a little, 

 and let the matted roots be fingled out} 

 retaining all the fibres poffible, and fpread- 

 ing them carefully out, in placing of the 

 plant. This operation may be perform- 

 ed any time from the firft of November to 

 the middle of March, with equal fuccefs #. 

 F 3 Amongft 



* On the firft day of May 1793, I planted a Grape- 

 houfe with young plants, ftruck in February. In 1795- 



they 



