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afterwards be set for a few days in a more ex- 

 posed situation , to harden them by degrees, in 

 which they must be shaded from the midday 

 sun, but freely exposed to the air at night. 



Parting, and potting, should also be occasi- 

 onally performed on such as are ready for that 

 operation; when, if any of them happen to be 

 more backward than others, in the same pot, 

 and not rooted, let them be put in again as cut- 

 tings, and treated as such ; those potted should 

 be set in a cool frame as directed for seedlings, 

 where they must be kept close, and shaded ex- 

 cept in mild weather, until they are by degrees 

 inured to the free air. 



At the season in which it is judged advise- 

 able to house the general collection of green- 

 house plants, it will be also requisite, to have 

 the cuttings removed to the house ; to be 

 cleaned, sorted, and regulated according to 

 their different kinds, and stages of growth. 

 The commoner sorts will do to be set in any 

 part of the house where they will have free air, 

 and light, and that they can be got at con- 

 veniently to water, and pick them when neces- 

 sary ; the more curious kinds should be set in 

 a dry airy part, where they can be carefully 



