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of a dwelling-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 dry before you replace 

 them. The seedlings will make their appearance in 

 a month, but sometimes not in less than six 

 weeks. When the seed is up, take away the striking 

 glasses, and place squares of window glass over the 

 pots in their stead, for you must be careful not 

 to confine the seedlings too long, and so draw them 

 up weak, as you would mustard and cress. Give 

 air gradually, and harden them to it by degrees. The 

 young plants, when beginning to sprout, will some- 

 times throw their roots out of ground, which must be 

 carefully put in again, by making a small cleft in the 

 earth, and closing the soil round them ; this may be 

 done with a long fiat bit of ivory or smooth wood, 

 thin at the end, and about one-eighth of an inch 

 broad. As soon as the plants are fit to handle, trans- 

 plant them carefully into store pans or pots, an inch 

 apart, filled with proper compost, which ought to 

 be raised in a convex form, one inch and a half 

 higher in the middle than at the sides ; water with 

 the brush as before, and place the flat window-glass 

 over the tops of the pots, for a week or two longer. 



