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plunge them in the bark-bed previoufly pre- 

 pared as above ; and thus the plants make 

 wholly nevv roots or young fibres, emitted into 

 entire trefh earih, they will advance in a 

 ftrong free growth. 



In Summer leave off making fires,, fome 

 time in May, as foon as the weather fettles 

 in warm, after which the heat of the bark- 

 bed will fulhciently warm the internal air of 

 the houfe till Oclobjsr. 



All this feaibn of Summer continue to ad- 

 mit frelh air every. fine iunny day, by iliding 

 open fome of the front and top glafles more or 

 )efs, from two or three to five or fix inches, 

 or more, in proportion to the power of the 

 fun, from eight or nine in the morning till 

 four, five, or fix in the evening, obferving 

 to open and fhut the glafll-s wider and clofer 

 by degrees, according as the heatof the day 

 encreafes and decreaies, fo as always to fup- 

 port the internal air of a proper degree of 

 heat. 



Waterings mull alfo be well attended to all 

 Summer, two or three times a week to the 

 woody and herbaceous plants; the fucculents 

 will not require it fo often, and always more 

 moderate than the other kinds. The morn- 

 ing, from about eighi to nine or ten o'clock, 

 or in the afternoon about four or five, is the 

 proper time for performing the watering, at 

 this feafon. 



Any particular plants, requiring larger 



pots, may be ihifted with balls of earth about 



3 C 3 their 



