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matting ; they must be clayed in the same 

 manner as grafts ; and as being within doors in 

 a warm house will occasion the clay to become 

 over dry, and in consequence liable to crack, 

 they should, at least in dry weather, receive two 

 or three times a week, some water from the rose 

 of a water pot, or by means of a syringe, to pre- 

 serve it in a moist proper state, observing to do 

 it m the evening lest the leaves should get 

 scorched by the rays of the sun : a little moss 

 tied neatly round each ball of clay will prevent 

 the water being so frequently necessary : which 

 is in my opinion very desirable. Eight or ten 

 weeks will in general be found sufficient time for 

 them to unite ; at all events, by that time, I think, 

 they may be partially separated from the parent 

 plant by cutting the inarched shoots better than 

 half way through; and if, on trial, they are 

 found to be united, and bear that operation well, 

 they may in a few days afterwards be entirely 

 cut off and placed in a shady part of the house, 

 where they must be kept moderately syringed 

 as before, and some additional shade given ac- 

 cording to the state of the weather for two or 

 three weeks ; during which time, they may be 

 untied, and the top of the stock cut off in a 



