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small bell glasses, (the white glass is best,) of 

 as many different sizes, as are the pots in which 

 the cuttings are intended to be planted ; they 

 should be fitted to the pot so as to rest on the 

 inner side of it, about an inch below the rim, 

 by observing which circumstance, when the pot 

 is filled with earth, the glass will have room 

 sufficient to sink a little into it, so as to per- 

 fectly exclude the external air : which is of 

 very essential importance to the cutting while 

 in a dormant state, that is, from the time they 

 are put in, until they begin to grow. 



The cuttings of Hot-house plants may, with 

 pretty tolerable success, be made almost every 

 season of the year ; yet, the months of April, 

 May, and June, are certainly the most proper ; 

 as the plants are at that season plentifully sup- 

 plied with young wood, which in most species, 

 that I am acquainted with, produce roots when 

 made into cuttings, much sooner than the old 

 wood will if used in the same manner. When 

 the day is fixed upon for this business, let a 

 quantity of pots of the proper size be prepared; 

 I seldom use larger than those of one shilling, 

 or for the largest cuttings, those at one shilling 

 and six- pence per dozen, or as they are generally 

 called forties, and forty-eights. They must be 



