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soon as their fruit begin to appear. I then set 

 them in a shed or out-house for five or six weeks ; 

 at the expiration of which time I pot them as in 

 the month of March, after shaking off their balls. 

 After this I plunge them into the tan ; and in the 

 month of March following put them into larger- 

 sized pots, with their balls and roots entire. By 

 this means I have sometimes cut tolerably good 

 fruit from such plants in the months of May and 

 June following. Such forward plants generally 

 produce very fine suckers. 



Whenever the Pine-plants are removed after 

 they are grown large, it will be of service, before 

 they are taken out of the tan-bed, to mark the 

 side of the pots which stands next the sun ; for it 

 is observable, that the centres of the plants gene- 

 rally tend that way : so that the plants, when re- 

 placed, may stand as they did before they were 

 removed. I do not mean that it is at all necessary 

 for the plants to be put into the very identical 

 places in which they stood before, but in point of 

 position it will be proper, and the plants will be 

 benefited by being so placed. This may as easily 

 be done as placing them in a random manner, 

 which is the common method. 



Besides the watering of the Pine-plants in the 

 manner recommended, it will be of great use to 

 them during the summer, if the walks and flues of 

 the hot-house be frequently watered : this should 

 constantly be done in very warm weather, and 

 always late in the evening ; the glasses should he 



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