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ness of a shilling : take a clothes or other soft brush 

 and dip it into soft water, giving it a shake to throw 

 off the heavy weight of the water, then either shake 

 it over the seed, or draw your hand along the hair, 

 and it will fall like a dew upon it ; repeat this till you 

 perceive the compost to be well moistened. By 

 watering in this manner you will not be liable to dis- 

 turb or wash out the seed. 



You may then put on the bell-glasses, or if you 

 have not these, you may cover the seed with squares 

 of window-glass, resting on the tops of the pots, 

 which, in the opinion of many, answer full as well, 

 if not better. Place the pots in pans or saucers in 

 the front of a greenhouse, or the window of a dwell- 

 ing-house close to the glass, where they will have 

 the benefit of the sun, and keep the saucers well 

 supplied with water, so as to render top-watering 

 less frequent and necessary. If you perceive at any 

 time a little mouldiness on the surface of the mould, 

 arising from the confined damp, take off' the glasses 

 for a day, and let them be wiped and dry before you 

 replace them. 



