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ed off, let a little frefh mould be laid on 

 the furface of the pots if requifite, and re- 

 plunge them to the brim as before. 



I would here obferve, that I tlifapprove 

 of the cuftom of tying up the leaves of 

 Pine plants at the time of fhifting or pot- 

 ting y the intention is to keep them from 

 being bruifed, but they are generally much 

 more bruifed in the tying, than when left 

 loofe. My method has been, to have a per- 

 fon (landing oppofite me in the time of pot- 

 ting, (performed on a ftage or table about a 

 yard high), whofe bufinefs was to hold up 

 the leaves in a loofe though regular manner 

 between the arms, and prepare and hand 

 the pots, while another hands and fets afide 

 the plants. In this manner I have often 

 fhifted an hundred one-year old plants in 

 two hours. 



In carrying the plants through the doors 

 of the ftove, the perfon fliould turn back 

 foremoft, by which it is eafy to fave the 

 leaves from injury, as in that cafe the pot 

 goes firft, and the leaves are drawn back- 

 wards. 



By the firft of March, the plants will 

 again require fhifting, and the bark-bed 



trenching 



