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it has been recently turned, or augmented. 

 However, there must be a pretty brisk fire heat 

 kept up in the house, until the plants recover 

 from their inactive state, the unavoidable con- 

 sequence of their roots being so recently dis- 

 turbed. 



They will be much benefited at this time by 

 a moderate use of the hand syringe, in the 

 morning before the sun has begun to act upon 

 them with force ; also by raising a strong steam 

 in the house, to be done by throwing water on 

 the tops, and sides of the warm flues. But I 

 must observe, that when they are freely treated 

 in this manner, they require but little from the 

 water-pot ; as over watering is very pernicious to 

 plants in general, and at no time is it more par- 

 ticularly so, than when they have been lately 

 shifted. However this must unavoidably de- 

 pend on the judgment of him, in whose care 

 they are placed ; as some of them will require 

 considerably more than others. 



In a few days when the danger of a violent 

 heat is over, the plants may be plunged neatly 

 in the tan, up to the rim ; but observe that it is 

 not left scattered on the surface of the pots, as 

 it would give the work an extreme slovenly 



