HOT-HOUSE DISPLAYED. 57I 



tint they may not thereby rot in the earth, 

 before they Itrike root, after being planted. 

 Then, after they are thus prepared, having 

 a quantity of imall pots (48's) and fomc 

 freili earth, fill the pots therewith, trim 

 off fome of the bottom outer leaves, and 

 cut off any hard part at bottom ; plant 

 them one in each pot, clofe the earth firmly 

 about the inferted part, give a moderate wa- 

 tering, and plunge the pots into a bark-bed 

 of a brifk heat, or into a new-made dung 

 hot-bed, having fome tan at top in which to 

 plunge the pots, and to remain fix weeks or 

 two months to llrike them effe£lually, then 

 removed into a bark pit for the Winter, 8cc, 

 and thus the young plants will llrike good 

 root, and grow at top, and the fecond year 

 attain a proper fize to produce fruit. 



Thus every year your ftock of young pines 

 ir.uit be renewed, for the fame plants do not 

 produce fruit more than once. 



The young plants, raifed as above, m-aybe 

 continued either in a bark-pit or fucceflion- 

 houfe, if either, all Winter, or for the firll 

 year or longer; or where there are no fuch 

 appendages to the main Hot-houfe, they may 

 be placed in the faid principal pinery along 

 with the fruiting plants, &c. if there is proper 

 room, though it proves always more fuccefs- 

 ful to have them in a detached pit or fuccef- 

 lion-houre. 



Or, 



