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and let the glasses be shut down close in the nights 

 after watering : this will cause a moisture to be 

 raised in the bed, which the plants will imbibe to 

 their great benefit. 



As the plants increase in size, constant waterings 

 should be given, and a greater quantity of air 

 admitted in proportion to their progress : by the 

 time they get to be six or eight inches high, they 

 will require to be shifted into pots of a larger size. 

 Great care, however, should be taken in the per- 

 formance of this operation, neither to injure the 

 top nor roots of the plant. 



The plant should be turned out of the pot with 

 the roots and ball entire, and the pot should be 

 sufficiently large to admit of a proper quantity of 

 fresh earth on this shifting. 1 generally put the 

 plants into pots of seven inches diameter, by six 

 deep (inside measure). If the heat of the bed 

 begins to abate, it should be renewed with a little 

 fresh stable-yard dung, and the frames should be 

 raised to a proper height, in proportion to the 

 progress of the plants. 



In replacing the plants in the bed, regard should 

 be had to setting them in the same position they 

 were in before, for the reason already given. 



Small sticks should be provided to support the 

 shoots when they are grown to the length of ten 

 or twelve inches. Pinch off the wires or tendrils, 

 and also the lateral shoots, as fast as they are 

 produced. Keep the pots clean from weeds, and 

 give the plants frequent and gentle waterings - 7 



