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taking them out of the tan, and to four 

 barrows of the earth add one pound of 

 the mixture : let the earth be well mixed 

 with it, and then fill halfpenny and penny 

 pots, according to the largenefs of the 

 plants, and plant them, taking care to keep 

 the plants upright after the mixture is put 

 in between the leaves, that it may not be 

 fcattered. They then mould be plunged 

 into the bed according to its heat, either 

 half way or to the top ; they will bear 

 more heat than thofe plants that have roots, 

 and they require it to make them ftrike. 



THEY mould have no water for ten days 

 after they are plunged ; then they mould 

 have a little, for by that time they will 

 begin to have fome roots, and the water 

 muft be poured flowly into the hearts of 

 the plants, that it may not force out the 

 mixture from amongft the leaves, but car- 

 ry it down clofer to the bottoms, 



AFTER the water has been fo poured on 



them for five or fix times, it mould be given 



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