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space beween the ball and the side of the pot, the 

 mould may be put round the ball with great ease. 

 Whereas, when plants are shifted into pots, only a 

 small size larger than those from whence they were 

 taken, they are generally much injured by the 

 operation of shifting : besides, even with the great- 

 est care, there will frequently be spaces left hol- 

 low between the ball and the side of the pot. 



A little fresh tan should be added, and the bed 

 forked up, but not to the bottom of the pit, as the 

 tan is liable to heat violently at this season of the 

 year 5 of which when there is the least appearance, 

 the pots should be raised immediately. The delay 

 of doing it one day may be attended with very bad 

 consequences. 



The plants will continue to grow very fast this 

 and the following month, and should therefore be 

 watered pretty plentifully, at least twice a week ; 

 and, in the summer waterings, it should be ob- 

 served, that it will be of great service to the plants 

 to be watered once a fortnight all over their leaves. 

 If the month of October be wet and cold, the 

 plants should not be watered above twice in that 

 month ; but if fine and clear, once a week : and 

 here ends the watering of the fruiting plants for 

 the season. 1 never give them any water in the 

 months of November and December ; and during 

 that time 1 keep the hot-house in a cold state, but 

 a bottom heat is always required ; therefore the 

 tan should have been renewed, and the old part of 

 it screened about the end of October or beginning 



