OBSERVATION ON SHIFTING PINES, &C. 193 



year, they will require the largest sized pots 

 allotted for that purpose ; those called twenty- 

 fours for the middling size plants, and sixteens 

 for the strong grown plants, and sometimes for 

 very vigorous grown plants the next size pot 

 called twelves, may be selected for shifting them 

 into. 



Likewise at this shifting it will be necessary 

 to provide new tan, to add about one- third or 

 fourth of what the pit contains, upon the old, as 

 soon as the plants are taken up for shifting, and 

 fork it well up together about half way the 

 depth of the bed, or where the top of the bed has 

 become very much decayed and earthy, take away 

 a portion of the worst before the new bark is 

 added ; this should be done without delay, to be 

 ready to receive the plants as soon as re-potted. 



At this season, if more convenient, and the 

 weather is warm and fine, the shifting may take 

 place in the open air, near the pinery, having 

 the pots and compost ready for the purpose ; but 

 in the house, should the state of the weather re- 

 quire it ; turn the plants out one at a time, and 

 immediately transplant it into the new pot, 



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