4-14 THE FORCING GARDEN. [AUG, 



or to separate the small from the great, by a coarse 

 screen, such as is used by builders for screening of 

 lime and sand. As the plants are to be put into 

 small pots, (deviating from the rules formerly given 

 on this subject,) the new bark may be equally mix- 

 ed in the bed, to within a few inches of the surface ; 

 there being no fear that the roots will be hurt by 

 violent heat, more especially that, as these advance, 

 it will begin to decrease. 



In preparing the suckers and unstruck crowns for 

 potting, twist off a few of the bottom leaves, and 

 pare the end of the stump smooth with the knife. 

 Then fill pots of about three or four inches dia- 

 meter, and five or six inches deep, (the less for the 

 least, and the large for the largest plants,) with 

 very fine, light earth, or with entire vegetable 

 mould of tree leaves, quite to the brim ; previously 

 placing an inch of clean gravel in the bottom of 

 each, and observing to lay in the mould loosely. 

 Thrust the large suckers down, to within two inches 

 of the gravel, and the small ones and crowns, two 

 inches into the mould ; firming them with the 

 thumbs, and dressing off* the mould, half an inch 

 below the margin of the pots. 



Then plunge them into the bark-bed, quite down 

 to, or rather below the brim, especially of the smal- 

 ler pots. If the pots be placed at the clear distance 

 of three or four inches from each other, according 

 to the sizes of the plants r they will have sufficient 

 room to grow till next shifting. 



The plants should have no water for the first 

 week or ten days after potting ; but as the heat of 



