OF THE PINE- APPLE. 



be omitted,} which work must be done with great 

 caution, as I have already observed. 



If the above work cannot be done in one and 

 the same day, the Pine-plants may with great 

 safety be set in a dry airy place for a day or two, 

 provided they are not put into heaps* which would 

 greatly damage them in a short time. 



The mould intended for the Pine-plants at the 

 first potting should be light and fine y and I would 

 recommend that the pots be small in proportion 

 to the size of the plants, that each plant may be 

 what gardeners term underpotted : they will strike 

 root both sooner and better than if put into larger 

 pots, and at their next shifting they will go into 

 proper-sized pots, with their balls and roots entire. 

 At this shifting the mould should neither be so 

 light nor so fine as recommended for the first. 



After the Pine-plants are replaced in the hot- 

 house, it will be proper, to shade the glasses in 

 the middle of the day, whenever the weather is 

 warm and clear. The house should be constantly 

 kept to a great degree of heat, which will be the 

 means of making the plants strike sooner and 

 stronger ; it being evident that they cannot draw 

 themselves weak while in an inactive state : how- 

 ever, as soon as the plants are perceived to grow, 

 it will be necessary to give them by degrees a 

 greater quantity of air. 



Great care should be taken to prevent the roots 

 of the plants from being injured by an over-heat of 

 fcbe tan, which may be done by raising the pots, in 



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