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into their fruiting-pots ; or plants thaf 

 are large, and may want fhifting out of 

 courfe. Four barrows of loam, two bar- 

 rows of wood-earth, two barrows of dun\ 



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and one barrow of fand. 



TH-E crowns that are to t>e fhifted in 

 May, and to have their toots cut off round 

 the ball, mould have mould a little*" dif- 

 ferent from any of the former, that they 

 may grow ftrong, and their leaves broad 

 and thick. I have found the following 

 competition anfwer well : Two barrows of 

 loam, two barrows of dung, cne barrow 

 of wood-earth, and a barrow of land. 

 This will alfo do very well for them when 

 they are planted into larger pots to ftand 

 the winter. 



IN the fpring, when the ball is reduced, 

 they fhould have the following compofi- 

 tion : A barrow of loam, a barrow of 

 wood-earth, a barrow of dung, and half 

 a barrow of fand ; and in their other fhift- 

 ings the mould before-mentioned will do 

 for 



