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ON 1HE MANAGEMENT 



It is very observable that a cutting strikes with 

 greater freedom against the side of the pot than 

 in the middle of it ; for the pot being porous, im- 

 bibes the moisture, and thereby prevents the cut- 

 ting from being overcharged with it, which is not 

 the case when a cutting is planted in the middle of 

 the pot. 



I always plant the cutting on the north side of the 

 pot, putting a label to denote the species on the 

 opposite side ; and whenever the plant is shifted 

 into a larger-sized pot, or removed to a different 

 situation, I constantly observe the same rule. Thus 

 the plant being raised from a single eye, it rises as 

 it were from seed, and the foregoing rule being 

 observed, it will always stand with the same side 

 towards the sun ; and by being planted on that side 

 of the pot which stands to the north, it will admit 

 of being kept in the same position when planted 

 out for good ; whereas it should be considered, 

 that were it to be planted on the opposite side, 

 (viz. that which stands next the south) the plant 

 must either be reversed in its position when planted 

 out for good, or there would remain the entire 

 breadth of the ball of earth in the pot between the 

 wall and the stem of the plant. Plants, in general, 

 but particularly those kept in hot-houses, or 

 that are intended to be planted against walls, 

 are benefitted more by a strict observance of this 

 method than is commonly imagined. The shoots, 

 leaves, and even the bloom-buds of plants, all form 

 themselves in the most advantageous position to 



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