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half an inch below the rim of the pot, adding 

 more if requisite ; on this may be sown, any of 

 the coarse large seeds, which should in general 

 be covered one fourth, or half an inch, according 

 to their size ; but if the seeds are small and 

 curious kinds, such as heath, &e. a little more 

 nicety is required. For these, the pots must 

 be surfaced with some very fine mould, in 

 depth about a quarter of an inch, which will 

 raise it to the same distance below the rim \ on 

 this, it being made perfectly level, and firm, let 

 the seeds be sown neatly, and even ; then with 

 the same fine machine, sift a very light covering 

 over them, and press it gently down with the 

 hand. If the parcels of seed are small, two, 

 three, or more kinds, may be sown distinctly 

 in the same pot, distinguishing each by a small 

 painted stick, to be set perpendicular in the 

 centre of the pot with the name or number 

 inscribed thereon. 



The sowing being finished, give the pots a 

 gentle watering with the finest rose water-pot, 

 to be repeated three or four times, until the 

 mould therein becomes sufficiently moist for 

 vegetation ; let them be then set in the most 

 convenient, dry, airy part of the green-house, 



