CREEN-HOUSE DISPLAYED. 5C9 



tiatOfe, abounding confiderably in moifture, 

 and as in the places of their natural growth, 

 they nioftly grow in dry, fandy, or rocky, or 

 mountainous fituations, it is eligible to plant 

 them in fome fimilar foil, of a light dry tem- 

 perature, or a compoft of light fandy earth, 

 and dry rubbilhy foil, as before fuggefled, as 

 in a rich good earth, fome very fucculent 

 Icinds are liable fometimes to rot in Winter. 



Several forts of green-houfe plants are 

 annually imported from Italy, Spain, &c. 

 particular, oranges, lemons, citrons, curious 

 jafmines, and feveral others; generally in the 

 Spring, about March and April, being com- 

 monly brought over without pots, packed up 

 clofe in chefts, with a little mold or mofs 

 about the roots, and fold at many of the Ita. 

 lian Warehoufes in London, and other prin- 

 cipal fea-port cities and towns, where they 

 'inay be purchafed for planting ; obferving 

 previous to which, it is proper to place the 

 roots, "and pan of the ftems in tubs of foft 

 water for a day or two, to prepare the roots 

 and fibres, &c. for vegetation, and prune any 

 draggling roots, and long (hoots of the head, 

 then plant them in pots ; or large orange and 

 lemon trees may be planted in tubs : give 

 water to the earth of the pots or tubs as loon 

 as planted, to fettle the earth clofe about the 

 roots ; and it would then be of great advan- 

 tage to plunge the pots in a moderate bark- 

 bed made in fome glafs-cafe, which would 

 forward their frefh rooting confiderably, and 

 encourage their (hooting fooner, and more 

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