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ress : this is to be merely understood as relat- 

 ing to late cuttings ; for the same articles, if 

 put in early in Spring, very young, in a mode- 

 rate heat, closely covered, properly shaded and 

 dried, will strike astonishingly quick. 



Cuttings of all the kinds that remain to be 

 propagated should also be made at this season, 

 and managed in the same manner. 



The whole being thus arranged, they must 

 be carefully shaded whenever the sun acts vio- 

 lently on them, especially when first put in ; 

 but they ought not to be shaded longer than 

 four or five o'clock in the afternoon, according 

 to circumstances ;) as the mild influence of the 

 sun at that hour will be necessary to dry up 

 any damps that may have arisen within the 

 caps. It will be also requisite to dry the small 

 bell glasses every morning, as directed for the 

 spring cuttings ; and to water occasionally any 

 of the pots which may require it; for though it 

 is proper to keep the top of the cutting dry, yet 

 the mould in the pot must be kept as near a 

 medium as possible between wet and dry, 

 otherwise they will not freely vegetate. 



Some of the first put in spring cuttings will, 

 in May, or June, require to be parted and 



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