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my profession, in order to ensure the vegetation 

 of hard or very tough shelled seeds : which is, 

 to have them soaked in water for a few days ; 

 say a week ; or even ten days for such as hap- 

 pen to be very dry, previous to sowing : a shal- 

 low pan placed on the coolest part of the flue in 

 the hot-house, is the readiest and safest article 

 to receive them for this purpose ; they should 

 be examined daily, and sow 7 n the moment any 

 sign of swelling or growth appears : — this pro- 

 cess, however, I can by no means sanction for 

 general use, as it is fraught with danger to 

 many of the lighter, and smaller sorts. 



The sowing being finished, the pots must be 

 set on a level spot, and gently but thoroughly 

 watered with a pot the rose of which has been 

 made particularly fine, for this and other such 

 uses ; and immediately plunged in a strong heat, 

 without which they will not be likely to vege- 

 tate : if a close dung hot-bed the better. A 

 regular but moderate watering, steady heat, 

 and occasional weeding, should any such appear, 

 is all they will now require until they are fit to 

 be removed into separate pots ; which may be 

 done as soon as they have attained a few inches 

 growth above their cotyledons, or seed leaves : 



