192 OBSERVATIONS ON SHIFTING PINES, &C. 



filled very near to the top when finished, and 

 then give them a moderate watering. 



In the spring shifting, it is thought by some 

 a good plan to shake all the mould from the 

 roots, and trim the fibres short ; and when the 

 plants appear unhealthy, the system may not be 

 disregarded, for by cutting away all black roots 

 of a decayed nature, and placing the plants in 

 entire fresh earth, it will frequently restore 

 them, and cause them with proper treatment to 

 become healthy and flourishing; in all cases as 

 soon as the shifting is completed, directly re- 

 plunge the pots, and shut the pinery close to 

 draw up the heat of the bark bed. 



About the middle of August, the large plants, 

 either of one or two years growth, having ad- 

 vanced to a large size, and of sufficient strength 

 for immediate succession, or capable of produc- 

 ing fruit in perfection the following year, should 

 now be shifted into larger pots, wherein they are 

 finally to remain for fruiting, and also any others 

 that appear to require larger pots. 



This being the season for the last potting of 

 the first succession plants, for fruiting the next 



