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the treatment recommended for green-house 

 plants in this work, they are kept as hardy and 

 free from early gro wth as possible, for the pur- 

 pose of checking any unseemly luxuriance they 

 might otherwise produce. 



The plants which particularly require to be 

 assisted in the above manner, are all of the soft 

 wooded, tender, pithy kinds ; such as curious 

 geraniums, Indigoferas, Crotolarias, Polygalas, 

 Houstonia, Chironias, &c. &c. ; and indeed any 

 of the more woody sorts that may be wanted : 

 though these will strike freely at a more ad- 

 vanced season, when perhaps there is more lei- 

 sure time ; yet they do not produce roots so 

 soon, as if forced in the above manner: few 

 plants requiring more than five, or six weeks, 

 to perfect themselves and be fit for separate 

 potting ; but there are some, as for instance 

 heaths, that cannot well bear the closeness and 

 heat of the stove ; at all events, those plants 

 that are chosen to be forced for cuttings, should 

 be some of the most shabby, and unsightly spe- 

 cimens in the green-house ; such that can be 

 very well spared ; as they are generally, dis- 

 figured by the operation, and are for the most 

 part good fur nothing afterwards \ therefore, any 



