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firft ; and when the leaf rifes, which will 

 be in four or five days, if it is very great, 

 they may remain in that pofition for a 

 month or two; but the time muft be juft 

 as the violence of the heat continues. 



As foon as the heat declines the pots 

 mould b- taken out, and the bark flirred 

 eighteen inches deep, and the pots plunged 

 to the top. If the bark was ftirredany 

 deeper it would caufe the heat to be as 

 great as it was at firft, . which would be a 

 great lofs, as the pots could not then be 

 plunged to the rims ; for they always pufh 

 fine ftrong roots juft at the neck of the 

 plant, and when the pot is only half 

 plunged they want heat to encourage 

 them. The heat after this will remain,, 

 moderate all the winter, and the plants be 

 in a flow growing ftate, fo as to be in vi- 

 gour to (hew their fruit. 



THERE is another method to prevent 



burning, which may be done with lefs 



trouble ; for it is not always that the tan 



I 3 heats 



