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removed out of the tan bed at this cold season : 

 therefore, the mildest weather must be chosen, 

 any green-house plants, or other hardy things, 

 that may have been placed there either to force 

 or preserve, should in the first place be removed 

 to the green-house ; so that the benches, &c. 

 which they occupied; may serve to set the ten- 

 der sorts on : those may then be removed out 

 of the tan, and set in the most convenient man - 

 ner so as to be out of the way for the moment. 



The pit being cleared, immediately proceed 

 to turn over and mix the old and new tan well 

 together, in which, as soon as it is completed 

 and levelled lit to receive the pots, they may be 

 plunged without delay ; as there is not that 

 certain danger of a burning heat ascending now, 

 as in the summer months, in which season, the 

 powerful action of the sun occasions it to ascend 

 more violently. 



Should it not be convenient to have the whole 

 plunged the same day, those left will require 

 to be set on the surface of the tan during the 

 night ; lest by being left near the glass, or ex- 

 treme parts of the house, they might be severely 

 injured ere the morning, by the cold air. As 

 it is therefore advisable to keep them as short a 



