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the weather when put out : and secondly, that by 

 shifting again in August, the pots get full of roots 

 before winter ; which they do not, if potted so late 

 as October ; and so are chilled, or are liable to be 

 chilled, by having a body of cold, unoccupied earth 

 about them in winter. 



With respect to the manner of potting, the kinds 

 of compost for the different plants, &c. the reader 

 is referred to March ; where full directions will be 

 found. 



After shifting, the plants should be placed in the 

 shade, unless the weather be cloudy and showery, 

 which it often is about the beginning or middle of 

 this month ; in which case, they may be replaced 

 in the manner they were before being potted, with- 

 out any further trouble. But if the weather be 

 dry and hot, they must be watered, and should be 

 shaded as when set out of the house ; by being pla- 

 ced behind a wall, hedge, or among tall shrubbry, 

 as noticed in May ; where they should remain for 

 ten or twelve days, and then be replaced in their 

 former situations, till taken into the house. 



Of Watering, fyc. 



From this time, even in dry weather, the plants 

 unplunged will not require so much water as for- 

 merly : on account of their having a fresh body of 

 soil about their roots, which will so far keep them 

 cool and moist; and also, on account that the nights 

 are now considerably lengthened, and more humid. 

 They should be looked over, however, every second 

 day, and have such a quantity of water at root, as 



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