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at any time by watering, it must be again covered 

 with a little more mould. 



If the weather prove in any degree favourable^ 

 they will be fit to take off in seven or eight weeks; 

 when they may be planted, two or three in an up- 

 right 48 pot, or two in a 60, according to their size. 

 Let them be set upon tiles, slates, or boards, to pre- 

 vent the worms getting into the pots, in which situa- 

 tion they may be suffered to remain till the middle 

 or end of October, according to the state of the 

 weather, which is about the usual period of putting 

 them in their winter quarters, where they are to 

 remain till spring. As soon as the layers are rooted 

 and fit to take off, they should be potted, to enable 

 the fibres to get established before the cold weather 

 sets in ; the removal, if possible, should not be de- 

 ferred later than Michaelmas. 



Observe not to plant the layers too deep or low 

 down in the pots, for whatever part of the side foliage 

 is buried or covered will decay and rot, to the no 

 small injury of the whole. 



