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pot with something; or, if small plants, you 

 may turn tiic pot mouth downward, and strike 

 the edge gently against any firm substance. In re- 

 planting tho^se potted plants, if the sides of the 

 ball of earth is much malted with the fibres of 

 the root, it is proper to pare off the grossest 

 part, together with a little of the old earth, espe- 

 cially if to be planted in pots again ; then put it 

 m a pot a size larger than before, filling up all 

 round with fresh mould, finishing with a" mode- 

 rate water! nsr- 



In regard to the proper state and preparation 

 of trees for planting, it may be observed that 

 young trees, both of the fruit and forest kinds, 

 are the most suitable, and succeed best ; as 



the plants where wanted ; having holes at the 

 bottom of the tubs to discharge the superfluous 

 moisture ; placing some stones, &c., to prevent 

 the holes being clogged with the earth ; the me- 

 thod of planting and transplanting being the 

 same as iu Pot-Planting. 



In the twelfth mode, or Planting in Pots, 

 ■which is practised to all tender exotics, in order 

 for moving them to shelter occasionally, such as 

 all kinds of green-house and hot-hou!^e plants; 

 and likewise for many sorts of hardy flowering- 

 plants, for the convenience of moving them oc- 

 casionally to adorn particular compartments; 

 and for the convenience of moving some curious 



sorts when in flower to occasional shelter from _. _ „._ 



the sun's rays and excessive rains, in order to from three or four to six or eight feet in heioht, 

 preseive their beauty and prolong the time of and from three or four to five or six years old! 

 their bloom ; such as the fine auriculas, carna- See Forest-, Dwarf-, and Standard-Trehs. 

 tions, Sec. In forest-trees, the straightest, most vigorous. 



In planting in this way, it is highly requisite and thriving plants of the respective kinds should 

 carefully to adapt the sizes to the size and na- always be chosen. 



ture of the different plants intended to be potted: In preparing for planting, in taking up the 

 if small plants, begin first with small pots, one trees out of the nursery, the greatest care is ne- 

 plant only to each pot, especially if to remain ; cessary in raising them with as great a spread of 

 but according as the different plants advance in roots as possible, which is often ill attended to, 

 growth shift them into pots one or two sizes especially when large orders of plants are to be 

 larger, which may be requisite to many sorts drawn in a hurry. The ground about the trees 

 once a year, to others once in two or three should always be opened with the spade widely 

 years, according to circumstances. round the roots, and deep enough to get to their 



Garden-pots for this use are of several regular bottom without hacking and cuttino- them with 

 sizes, from two to sixty in a cast, distinguished the spade, but so as to raise each pTant with all 

 at the pot-houses accordingly ; 'as twos, sixes, its roots as entire as possible. After bavin"- 

 twelves, sixtcens, twenty-fours, thijrty-twos, taken up the trees ont of the nursery, &c., it i* 

 forty-eights, sixties, or sixty-fours, Sec, each also of great moment to have them replanted as 

 pot having one or more apertures at bottom to soon as possible in the places allotted for them ; 

 discharge the superfluous moisture. They are for, although by properly covering the roots 



sold by the potters at so much per cast, large 

 and small, all of a-price; those of only two in 

 a cast the same as those of sixty ; and from two 

 . shillings to half a crown or three shillings per 

 cast is the general price. See Pot, Gardkn. 



Sometimes, instead of baskets, small vouno- 

 trees and other plants with balls, intended to be 

 sent to any distance, arc put separately in 

 pots, and when they are to be placed in the full 

 ground, each should be turned out of the pot 

 with the ball entire. 



litter, or, if sent to any considerable 



with litter, or, if 



distance, by tying them in bundles, and pack- 

 ing them up with plenty of straw about the 

 roots, and afterwards closely matted round, they 

 may be preserved in tolerable good conditit)n a 

 fortnight or longer — yet, where it is possible to 

 plant them the same day, or in a day or two 

 after, before the small libres are shrunk or dried, 

 it will beef much advantage in the first growth 

 of the trees ; but when this cannot be done they 

 should be immediately laid in the ground in a 

 Trees and other plants that have generally trench, 

 grown in pot-, where they have been of some In preparing for planting, the roofs must have 

 standing, have the whole earth by means of an occasional trimming, not however to re. 

 the numerous fibres formed into one compact trench or reduce any but the maimed and de- 

 lump, so that it.will readily come out entire and cayed part* ; therefore previous to planting cx- 

 finn ; or to such as do not so easily quit the pot, amine the root, and cut out all such parts as 

 a long blade of a knife, or some other thin in- have been broken or damaged in taking up, and 

 strumcni, may be thrust down between the ont- any casual decayed parts or other blemishes, be- 

 side of the ball and pot all round, and it will ing careful to leave all the sound roots every 

 then readily come out, either in drawing by the where entire; leaving also all the small fibres 

 ftem of tive plant, or by striking the edge of the that are fresh and vigorous, only trimming: off 

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