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they are finally to remain. The young plants might 

 be placed in a twelve-inch pot first, and remain in it 

 for a couple of years, and then receive a shift into one 

 a little larger ; and in a couple of years longer, they 

 would require a roomy box or tub ; after which it 

 would be needless to shift them, as they might be 

 sustained many years by the application of liquid ma- 

 nures, and by top-dressings. The young plant being 

 potted, should be headed back to a few buds on each 

 shoot, of which there should be at least three ; if four, 

 so much the better. A very rich and adhesive loam 

 should be chosen, with a great thickness of old turfy 

 sward : this should be chopped with a spade into small 

 pieces, and what loose soil became disintegrated 

 should be utterly rejected, using the lumpy turf alone. 

 We do not think that it would be expedient to use 

 any farther amount of vegetable matter, the turf 

 being so very full ; but we think that some new horse- 

 droppings might be added ; and, above all, a liberal 

 sprinkling of bone manure of the size of radish seeds, 

 and plenty of small charcoal. 



The plants being thus established, taking care above 

 all things that they are thoroughly drained, they 

 should be plunged above the ground level in some 

 light medium, such as half-decomposed leaves, or 

 cinder ashes. 



In each season, when the young shoots had grown 

 a foot in length, we would stop them by pinching : 



