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porter, and with this they were usually supplied twice 

 a day in very hot weather ; the mould in the pots 

 being kept constantly very damp, or what gardeners 

 would generally call wet. In the evenings, after very 

 hot days, the plants were often sprinkled with clear 

 water, of the temperature of the external air; hut 

 this was never repeated till all the remains of the last 

 sprinkling had disappeared from the axils of the 

 leaves. 



Mr. Knight deprecated giving pine plants larger 

 pots in autumn ; for the plants at this period, and 

 subsequently, owing to want of light, can generate a 

 small quantity only of new sap, and consequently the 

 matter which composes the new roots, that the plant 

 will be excited to emit into the fresh mould, must be 

 drawn chiefly from the same reservoir, which is to 

 supply the blossom and fruit ; and he found that trans- 

 planting fruit-trees, in autumn, into larger pots, ren- 

 dered their next year's produce of fruit smaller in 

 size, and later in maturity. As the length of the 

 days diminished, and the plants received less light, 

 their ability to digest food diminished. Less food 

 was in consequence dissolved in the water, which was 

 also given with a more sparing hand ; and as winter 

 approached, water only was given, and in small quan- 

 tities. During the months of November and Decem- 

 ber, the temperature of the house was generally little 

 above 50 degs., and sometimes as low as 48 degs. 



