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early in the Spring ; and the Pots 

 mull be plung'd into a warm Bed of 

 Tanners Bark, obferving frequently 

 to refrefli the Earth in the Pots with 

 Water 5 but give them little each 

 Time, left by too much Moifture the 

 Earth fliould be chill'd, and the Seeds 

 be thereby ftarv'd. If the Seeds 

 vjere frefli, and the Bed in a kindly 

 Temper for Hear, the Plants will 

 come up in about three Weeks or a 

 Month's Time, and will make a con- 

 liderable Progrefs in a fliort Time af- 

 ter ; therefore they fhould be tranf 

 planted, each Plant into a fingle Pot, 

 being careful in doing it not to fliake 

 the Earth clean from the Roots ; 

 then plunge the Pots into the fame 

 Hot-bed ( provided the Bark hath 

 not loft its Heat, which if it has, it 

 ihould be ftirr'd up with a Dung-fork, 

 mixing therewith fome frefh Tan ) ; 

 and give the Plants a little Water to 

 fettle the Earth to their Roots, ob- 

 ferving to fhade them from the Sun 

 during the Heat of the Day, until 

 they Ijave taken frefli Root ; afrer 

 which you muft conftantly refreftj 

 them with Water, as you will fee 

 Occafion, and give them Air, by tilt- 

 ing up the Glaftes in Proportion to 

 the Heat of the Weather, and the 

 Bed, in which they are plung'd. 



In about two Months atter this, 

 the Plants will have made a confider- 

 able Advance, and the Pots will be 

 flird with their Roots 5 you muft 

 therefore remove them into Pots of 

 a little larger She ; in doing of which 

 you fliould take the Plant out of the 

 imall Pot with all the Earth about 

 its Root ; then with a Knife gently 

 trim offallthe Roots, which are on 

 the Outfide of the Ball of Earthy and 

 after having put ibme frefh Earth 

 into the Bottom of the new Pot, 

 place the Plant exadly in the Middle, 

 .fiiiing the Vacancies round the Root, 

 with the fame freih Earlh j then 



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plunge thefc Pots again into the Hot- 

 bed, giving them Water and Air, as 

 you fhall judge neccilary 5 but ob- 

 ierve in Augufi to give them a great 

 deal of frelli Air, whenever the Wea- 

 ther will permit, that they may be 

 harden'd to go thro' the approaching 

 Winter. 



Tov^ards the latter End of Septem- 

 ber you fiiould be provided with a 

 frefli Bark-bed in a Stove ( ercded 

 on Purpoie for thefe, and other the 

 like tender Plants ), into which you 

 muft remove the Pots, when the 

 Bark lias lain about ten Days to fettle 

 and heatj but if upon opening the 

 Bark, to plunge in the Pots, you 

 find the Heat very great, you fliould 

 fet the Pots but half-way into the 

 Bark at firft, until the Heat is a little 

 more abated, when you may fmk 

 them down to the Rims : During 

 the Winter Seafon, you muft be very 

 moderate in watering them j and 

 alfo oblerve to keep the Stove in a 

 due Temper of Heat; the Warmth, 

 in which they have beft fucceedcd in 

 Winter, is about ten Degrees above 

 the temperate Point, as mark'd on 

 Mr. FoWfr's Thermometers, 



In the Spring, ^viz.' about the 

 Middle of March, you Ihould be pro- 

 vided with a freih Parcel of Tan, 

 which iliould be laid up in a Heap in 

 fome dry Place, about ten Days be- 

 fore it is us'd ; this Tan fhould be 

 mix'd with the old Tan, already in 

 the Stove, which fhould be ftirr'd 

 up, and well mix'd with the new j 

 this will add a frefh Heat to the Bed, 

 whereby the Plants will be put into 

 Motion, and begin to grow, which 

 muft be (liifted into bigger Pots, as 

 they advance, and in the Summer 

 fhould have a good Quantity cf Air, 

 when the Weather is warm . With 

 this Management I have feveral of 

 thefe Plants in good Health, which 

 are fcvcn or eight Feet high i fome 



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