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the ensuing summer ; which is an objeet of 

 the first consideration in this business : for 

 when sowed later, the greater part, and more 

 especially the tenderer species, will be too 

 weak to part into separate pots ; and therefore 

 are liable to suffer by damps, and rottenness, 

 during the winter following, by being left in 

 the seed pots ; and should they be attempted 

 to be removed, at this late season, which some 

 will de> sooner than suffer them to take their 

 chance as they are, they seldom prove more 

 fortunate. Whereas those sown about the 

 latter end of January, or any time in the 

 following month, will for the greater part be fit 

 to pot separately in May, or June ; and there- 

 fore have the whole summer to establish them- 

 selves ; and even such of them as are more 

 slow, will have at least sufficient strength, and 

 woodiness to withstand the casualties of winter, 

 should they be left in the seed pots, much 

 better than the soft herb-like produce of later 

 sowings. 



As an exception to the above rule, may be 

 mentioned Ericce, and such like seeds which 

 are at first slow of growth, and produce firm, 

 woody, though perhaps small stems : these,, 



