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sixty to a cast ; for, if sown too thick, the plants 

 are apt to be drawn, and thereby become very 

 weak. In dry weather the pots should be watered 

 gently every day : but in wet or moist weather 

 this may frequently be omitted, giving them so 

 much only as will keep the mould moist till the 

 plants begin to vegetate* The proper time for 

 Avatering is in the afternoon, when the sun is going 

 off the frame. Observe to shut the frame down 

 immediately after watering : and if the heat be 

 not too great, it may remain shut during the 

 night. As the heat of the bed begins to decay, 

 you must add a lining of horse-dung and fresh 

 leaves ; which, when occasion requires, may be 

 shaken up and repaired by adding some fresh 

 leaves and dung to it, and thus keep up a proper 

 warmth till the plants have got sufficient strength 

 to do without any bottom heat. 



About the latter end of August it will be neces- 

 sary to take the lights off, that the plants may be 

 hardened before winter, taking care to shelter 

 them in frames covered with mats, which will pre- 

 vent the frost in the latter end of October and 

 beginning of November from injuring the tender 

 shoots. 



When the plants are about six inches high, they 

 should be transplanted singly into deep forty- 



Pots larger than eights are generally made to order, and paid 

 for according to their size. 



There are some smaller than sixtys, for seedlings and heaths. 



