72 The Gardeners Kalendar. Feb, 

 power to raife a warmth in the beds, which 

 the tan alone would not do ; the beds in which 

 the fruiting plants are placed, muft be refrefh- 

 ed with Ibme new tan the latter end of this 

 month, efpecially thofe beds whofe heat de- 

 clines : for if the tan is not kept to a proper 

 degree of warmth at this feafon, the growth of 

 the fruit will be greatly retarded. 



The Aloes, Euphorbiums, Torch-thiftles, 

 Melon- thirties, and other tender fucculent 

 plants, fhould have very little water given 

 them at this feafon ; but the Ficoides, Se- 

 dums, Cotyledons, and other hardier kinds, 

 muft be frequently refrefhed -, tho' they fhould 

 not have it in too large quantities, becaufe 

 much wet at this feafon often rots them. ^ 

 You muft now make frelli hot-beds of tan, 

 to fow the feeds of fuch tender cxoticks as are ' 

 annual, or that you may have received from '; 

 abroad ; into which you (hould plunge fmall 

 pots, filled \v\i\\ light frefli earth, that the '] 

 mould may be warm before the feeds are 

 fown. This method of fowing the feeds in 

 pots is preferable to any other, becaufe the 

 plants may be iliaken out of the pots, when 

 they are fit to tranfplant, with the earth about 

 their roots, wherebj they will be in litde dan- 

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