184 THE FORCING GARDENER. [B.I. 



from the rules given in laft Sedtion, let 

 new tan, to the extent of a fifth or fixth 

 part, be added ; but fuffer none to lie with- 

 in ten or twelve inches of the furface. 

 Here plunge the pots quite to the brim, 

 in regular order, at the diftance of two or 

 three inches pot from pot each way, and 

 keep them perfectly level. 



It may here be expeded, that I fhould 

 fay whether crowns or fuckers ought to 

 be preferred. To be plain, I do not pre- 

 fer a good fucker to a good crown } for, 

 if the fucker has the advantage of being a 

 ilronger plant, it has atfo the difadvantage 

 of running to fruit more uatimoufly than 

 the crown. 



SECTION IV. 



On Preparing the Mould ; and what Kind is fittejlfor tb 

 Pine Plant in its different States. 



VEGETABLE mould being a chief ingre- 

 dient, a flock a it fhould' be provi- 

 ded wherever the culture of the Pine is fol- 

 lowed. The kind to be ufed here is that 

 from decayed tree-leaves, and thofe of the 



oak 



