80 



In this manner, pot as many as may be thought 

 sufficient for the present purpose, at the same 

 time allowing a few for mischances. They 

 must then be well watered, in the manner al- 

 ready directed for seedlings, and set in a cool 

 frame, on coal ashes well rolled, or any other 

 hard substance that will prevent the worms 

 getting so freely into them 5 as they otherwise 

 would. The lights must be kept constantly 

 on, and close, for a few days, more or less, as 

 circumstances may require ; and it will be also 

 necessary to shade them very secure from the 

 strong rays of the sun at first ; however in a lit- 

 tle time, the lights may be taken off at night, if 

 fine, having them on, and shading in the day, 

 until by degrees, the plants are so hardened as 

 to be able to withstand the full power of the 

 sun ; thus in the space of a fortnight or so, they 

 will be fit to be set in the clumps along with 

 the other plants. 



This business should not be undertaken later 

 than the middle of August ; for if executed at 

 a more advanced season, the plants will not 

 have time to establish themselves, and conse- 

 quently will not succeed to the wishes of the 

 proprietor ; therefore^ any that may remain in 



