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a frame and lights for a week or ten days, till they 

 take root again. There they may be allowed to re- 

 main till the middle or so of September. 



In taking them up, if you find any of them not 

 rooted, but sound, and their ends hard and callow, 

 do not let them remain on the same spot, but remove 

 them to another bed, with a little temporary heat, 

 and cover them with glasses as before ; this will not 

 fail to start them, and hasten their fibring. 



If this method be adopted and pursued through all 

 the minuteness of detail with which I have endea- 

 voured to lay it down, I am confident it will succeed. 



OF LAYING. 



ABOUT the 21st of July your flowers will be suffi- 

 ciently expanded to show which are in colour, and 

 which not. I would then have you to prepare for 

 laying, and to continue it as opportunity serves, till 

 the whole be completed. They may be done with 

 safety any time between the 21st of July and the 



