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heavily for a few days ; until they begin to grow 

 freely a light syringing, just enough to keep the 

 plants from becoming dry, is all that is necessary. 



In about three weeks, the plants, if properly 

 treated, will be ready to shift into four or live- 

 inch pots. The same care used in the first pot- 

 ting must be observed in this. By watering the 

 plants an hour or so before shifting, they will 

 leave the pot with a ball of earth, and thus but 

 slight check or disturbance is given to the growth 

 of the plants. The pots should always be filled 

 to the amount of one-fourth or one-fifth their 

 depth with broken pieces of pots, or similar sub- 

 stances, in order to secure perfect drainage. 

 After four or five weeks' growth the plants should 

 be ready for the second shift, when six or seven- 

 inch pots will be needed. The same soil should 

 be used, but with the addition of one shovelful 

 of pure ground bone to every forty shovels of soil ; 

 this must be well mixed. In shifting plants 

 always use clean pots. 



The best time to make cuttings is during the 

 month of January ; if you cannot obtain good 

 cuttings of your own, order young plants from 

 some good grower, to be delivered to you some 



