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THE GARDENER. 



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I'^eriod, The plants will be lit for putting into their 

 learing-bed w]:en they have pushed two rough leaves, 

 ?.;id began to exhibit the appearance of runners or 

 shoots coming forth. Having made the new bed as 

 before dmected. cover it over to the depth of four 

 inches with liirht rich mould, mixed with peat, rais- 

 ing a little mound under the centre of each hght, and 

 rather neaver the back than the front, and three or 

 four bushels laid round the frame on the inside, all of 

 which mould is to be stirred daily.* "Everything 

 havirg bee:: thtts prepared, take four pot- •:: the plants 

 (those which appear to be the hnest. of c:t:r-e\ put 

 the mould into a round heap under the n::a:V.- cf 

 each light of the new bed ; make a hole in the centre 

 of the heap, suitable for your purpose ; take the pots 

 cr plants, one at a time, put the i:::rers cione cf ycur 

 hands on the top of the earth ox the ^ot. th^n turn the 

 pot upside d:w::. rive the r::n of it a little tap upon 

 the edge of the :ra:ne. pushing the oyster shell with 

 the ibretiuger cf the ri^rht hand, and the plents a:::i 

 earth will come clean out of the pot in a c:::::r:t-d 

 ball, which with both hands ycu are to dep:s:t i:: the 

 hole which you have made in the heap. ::: the ee::t:'e 

 cf the light. When you have thus dep:-:te:l ::. a:aw 

 the earth of the heap well up about the call, and press 

 it a little with ycur hn^ers. tak:::g .are two 

 thiitgr — ^rst. that the hole be suh:::r::tly drfp te a:l- 

 mit tne ball down into it. so low tnat the eartn the 

 hill when drawn up about the plant- may c::ne up 

 quite t j the lower side of the stem c: th- -^e :l-leev>.5 ; 

 an^5 Kee:::ehy. taking care that the peints e: the leav-? 

 of the plants be not mere than six inches distant :: ::n 

 the glass."! One plant is rneuc:h t^e estaelisi: u::der 

 each light, for crewli- - alwa^'s c^reats tne ce^ect by 

 causing a growth ch ^:naU plants which are rendered 



• See Ccblcn's Erc-iisi: Gardener. 



* Tlv.d. 



