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require water more fiequent, though always 

 nioderate, never to make th'^ earth very wet ; 

 and as to the fucculent plants, in particular, 

 they being replete with moiilure, fhould al- 

 ways be very iparingly watered, and not fo 

 often as the woody^ and other kinds, as a too 

 copious moiilure is apt to rot fome of the 

 more tender kinds that are of very fucculent 

 growth. 



In the Spring, about March or April, the 

 bark-bed will require to be renewed with ad- 

 dition of fome frefh tan from the tanner's, 

 firft taking up all the pots, and throwing out 

 fome of the old bark at top and fides that is 

 become decayed and earthy ; then nil up with 

 the new equal to the quantity of about one- 

 third of what the pit contains, and then fork 

 up the new and old together, and direclly re- 

 plunge the pots of pines, &c. again, and the 

 bed will thus revive its heat in a proper degree 

 till July or Augud, when, by forking it over 

 once more, it will fupport a good heat till 

 Oftober, vyhen al! the old bark muil be re- 

 moved, and the pit filled with a quantity of 

 new tan for a frefh bed for the Winter, &c. 



About March or April, fuch of the young 

 pine plants, and others requiring larger pots, 

 let them now be fi.ifted. Having for this pur- 

 pofe clean pots cf a due fize larger (32's or 

 24's, if ftrong plants) take opportunity of a 

 warm dry day, take up all the pots, and pro- 

 ceeding to fliift them, turn each plant out of 

 its prelent pot with the ball of earth about its 

 3 C 2 roots ; 



