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The rest should be trimmed of any dead leaves at 

 bottom of their stems, and should have a little of the 

 old mould taken from off the surface of the pots ; 

 which replace with fresh earth; filling the pots ful- 

 ler than usual, as but little water will be required 

 till next shifting time, in the spring. 



The whole should then be replaced in the bark- 

 bed as before, and should be plunged quite to the 

 rims of the pots ; giving a little water to settle the 

 earth about their roots, which need not be repeated 

 till the heat rise in the bed. 



The temperature should be continued at 65, or 

 as near to that point as possible, by fire-heat, and 

 by matting or otherwise covering up at night. Ob- 

 serve always to uncover by sunrise in the morning, 

 that the plants may have all the light possible. 



Still continue to admit air as freely as the state of 

 the weather will permit, taking every advantage of 

 good days, and of sunshine ; at which times admit 

 it so freely as to keep down the mercury to within 

 five degrees of the above medium of 65. 



The plants will forthwith require very' moderate 

 supplies of water, only a little at root once in eight 

 or ten days, and none over the leaves. 



Of the Succession, and Fruiting Pits. 



These compartments also require to have the 

 bark-beds stirred up at this time, and to have some 

 fresh bark added to them as above directed for the 

 Nursing- Pit ; adding about a tenth part new, and 

 observing to keep it well down, that the pots may 

 be entirely replunged in the old bark, 



