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month, it may still successfully be done. They 

 may either be planted out to nurse, on a shady bor- 

 der, or may be put into small pots three or four 

 inches in diameter, to be repotted, as directed in 

 May. In the former case, the ground should be 

 pointed over and broke fine; planting in lines, 

 across four-foot beds, at six or eight inches apart, 

 and three in line ; keeping the earth just a little 

 moist about them, till they have struck root, and 

 afterwards watering more freely. 



Those to be potted, should be planted in fine, 

 light earth, one in each pot ; and should be care- 

 fully watered and shaded till they have struck root. 

 They may then be placed in a free, sunny situation, 

 and must be frequently watered; perhaps once 

 a-day, or in two days, according to the state of the 

 weather. They will be fit for repotting in five or 

 six weeks. 



Of earthing and dressing Plants in Pots. 

 The choice Campanulas, Rockets, Stocks, and 

 Wallflowers 'in pots, that have not been dressed and 

 new earthed, as directed last month, should now 

 have that done without loss of time. Attend to these, 

 and all other flowers in pots, in the article water, 

 and keep them free from weeds ; stirring the sur- 

 face of the earth with the point of a stick, at times, 

 as it gets hardened ; which greatly encourages the 

 plant, and lets the water more freely down to its 

 roots. 



