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attended, to prevent their getting over dry, or 

 dirty, and also to take the glasses occasionally 

 off those that may be growing. All the back- 

 ward Heaths, Proteas, or any other hard wooded 

 kinds, such as are most of the Botany Bay 

 plants, &c. that take a long time to strike, 

 should be set in one of the coolest and driest 

 situations of the hot-house, where they must be 

 watered, and cleaned, like the others, through- 

 out the winter. 



Towards the commencement of the new 

 year, many of them will begin to grow, there- 

 fore, the glasses must be taken off such as 

 soon as necessary. With the advancing season, 

 these will likewise advance, and soon require 

 to be parted, and potted separately. When 

 this is done, they must be set on the kirbs, and 

 window benches of the hot-house, and shaded 

 occasionally for a few days, until they are found 

 able to endure the full sun without flagging 

 their leaves. In about a fortnight, or three 

 weeks, they will be fit to be removed to the 

 green-house; unless it is particularly wished 

 to forward any of them in their growth, in 

 which case they may be left in the stove a few 

 weeks longer. 



