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It will be necessary, after the plants have been 

 potted about a week, to examine the bed, for 

 the purpose of ascertaining whether there is any 

 fire heat. If such should be found to be the case, 

 and the directions as before given with regard to 

 moisture have been strictly attended to, it can 

 only exist in the tan, which must immediately 

 be supplied with water, and, the day following, 

 stirred well up together and levelled, placing the 

 pots upon the surface. In another week again 

 examine the bed, and if any fire heat still 

 remains, attend to it as above ; if not, stir up 

 the tan, and plunge the pots about half way 

 down ; being, however, guided in this by the 

 temperature of the bed, as plants sown in Octo- 

 ber do not require so much heat as those in the 

 three following months. 



Observe, when the plants have been potted 

 two or three days, to stir the mould in the pots, 

 round the plants, and likewise the tan, with a 

 sharp-pointed stick, which will contribute to 

 freshen the plants, and prevent any thing of a 

 mouldy nature from injuring them. 



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