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your hanJ, and the sticks having a pleasant sweet 

 smell. 



It will be very proper to water the hills, with a 

 watering-pot having a rose, once a day for two or 

 three days before you put in the plants, keeping 

 the lights shut, which will destroy any eggs of the 

 spider that may yet remain in the crevices of the 

 boxes and lights. 



The day on which you mean to put in the plants, 

 you should give the beds a great deal of air, to let 

 out the steam that has been penned in ; then turn 

 over the hills, and put in your plants about three 

 o'clock in the afternoon, making a hollow circle 

 round the bottom of each hill to separate the mould 

 of the hills from that on the bed, which will suffer 

 the steam to evaporate more easily ; then watering 

 the plants, shut them down till next morning, 

 admitting air according to the heat of your bed, 

 taking care not to give too m.uch till your plants 

 are well rooted in the hills, which will be in a 

 couple of days ; it will also be necessary to shade 

 them in the heat of the day, to prevent tlie plants 

 from flagging. 



In cold frosty weather you must by no means 

 sprinkle the plants, as the frost in the night will 

 infallibly bring on the canker. 



Soft water should be used in sprinkling, or such 

 as has been exposed several days to the sun. If 

 the water be very hard, put some wood-ashes 

 into it, and stir it up two or three times a-day : 

 it will be fit for use in the course of two days j 



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