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be a very great chance whether the cutting will 

 ever produce more or not. 



Should the above circumstance happen, they 

 will be observed to be more impatient of damp 

 afterwards : as indeed will all those be which 

 are growing ; the glasses should therefore be 

 more frequently dried ; and kept off until the 

 leaves, &c. which w ere under them become dry 

 by evaporation ; lest we risk their success, I 

 may say perhaps, their existence, by rotting the 

 first weak efforts towards active life. 



The rooted cuttings being thus prepared, 

 they may be occasionally taken out of the frame 

 and set in more exposed airy situations, in the 

 hot-house : but as some kinds require a much 

 longer time to produce roots than others, it will 

 be necessary to keep such still in the frame, 

 shading and watering them when requisite, as 

 already directed, Thus may they be treated 

 until the autumn ; when, if any yet remain in 

 the cutting state, it will be adviseable, (when 

 the plants have been settled in the stove for the 

 winter,) to have them taken there also ; pre- 

 viously clearing them from any damps, moss, 

 or weeds that may have grown amongst them, 

 and renewing the surface with a little fresh 



