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weeks, that the greatest skill is required. If the pipings 

 appear to be doing well, that is, looking of a good co- 

 lour and not contracting mould, let the glass stand for 

 about ten days without being moved ; but, unless the 

 e weather be wet, water over the glass every morning. At 

 the end of ten days, take it off; let it be early in the 

 morning if the weather be dry and hot j and turn the 

 glass upside down that it may become aired. If you 

 I perceive any pipings beginning to mould, pull them up 

 instantly -, give a little water through a fane rose j let the 

 plants dry again perfectly, and then again put on the 

 glass. The weather being favourable, give air every 

 morning for half an hour or an hour ; but never shut up 

 whilst the pipings are wet 5 and, if you have showery 

 weather, give air between showers, if it be but for five 

 minutes of a morning. In about six weeks they will be 

 fit to transplant into small pots 5 make use of the same 

 sort of mould j plunge the pots, or simply stand them, 

 in another gentle bed, and put frames or hand-glasses 

 over them till your plants have struck again 5 and here they 

 may remain till September, when you pot them or plant 

 them out. If you perform this work in the open ground, 

 choose a spot under a wall facing the east, where none 

 but the morning sun comes ; use the same preparation of 

 mould, and use a hand-glass, acting in all respects as 

 prescribed in case of a hot- bed. Pot off your plants in 

 the month of March following ; using pots of about 

 twelve inches wide at top, and eight inches wide at 

 bottom ; these should have good clean circular holes at 

 the bottoms, and, beside, two or three smaller holes in 

 their sides at about two inches from the bottom ; and 

 these effectually prevent water remaining about the roots 



