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however, to cut off a few of the most luxuriant 

 shoots, and to run a spade or large trowel 

 down, around the roots, so as to form a ball, 

 some days previous to its final transplanting ; 

 which also operates as a partial check on the 

 free growth of the plant. It should be taken 

 up with a good ball of roots, and earth, and 

 well watered as soon as replanted : it may also 

 be found requisite to shade such as are thus re- 

 moved, lightly for a few days, if the weather 

 happens to be very clear. 



There are a few plants likewise that can be 

 considered little better than annuals or bien- 

 nials ; these either die, or become very un- 

 sightly when that period elapses, and should 

 therefore be replaced with young healthy plants 

 of the same, or any other species that will suit 

 the situation. 



All the strong growing species of Ixia, Gla- 

 diolus, Antholyza, &c. do remarkably well in 

 the pit of a Conservatory, their radical leaves 

 serving as a natural shade to the roots of the 

 other plants in hot weather, and their fine tall 

 flower stems, shooting up through the tops 

 without crowding or otherwise affecting them, 

 create an agreeable variety in the early part 



