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third less across at bottom than at the top. The 

 smallest hole ought to be of the size of half a 

 dollar. 



108. Besides the/w*, there is what the Eng- 

 lish call a pan, for the pot to stand in, which 

 should be about 2 inches deep, and as wide over 

 as the tofi of the pot, and, of course, a third 

 part wider than the bottom of the pot. This pan 

 should be made of the same materials with the 

 pot itself. 



109. I have, in paragraph 21, mentioned, in- 

 cidentally, wooden boxes, as things wherein to 

 place plants ; but, I must here caution the reader 

 against the practice, wherever it can be avoided, 

 especially for small plants. We see plants, thus 

 cultivated, placed on window sills; and they 

 sometimes grow there pretty well. Orange Trees, 

 Large Myrtles, and other large exotics are planted 

 in tubs. There would be great difficulty in get- 

 ting earthen things of sufficient dimensions for 

 these purposes ; besides the constant danger of 

 breaking. But, I am quite satisfied, that where 

 earthenware can be got and used, it is greatly 

 preferable to wood ; and this opinion is founded 

 on actual experience. In my hot-bed of 1819, 1 

 sowed several sorts of seeds in little wooden boxes. 

 I had no pots at hand, and to get them from New- 

 York required more time than 1 was willing to 

 spare. The seeds all came uji ; but, by the time 

 that they were an inch or two high, they rotted 

 at the stem, and fell down. There were not less 

 than twenty sorts of seeds; some of culinary ve- 

 getables, some of field-plants, and some of forest- 

 trees. They all died. In one box there were 

 planted some geranium-cuttings. They came 



