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patches may either be in the form of bars or slips 

 across the pot, each being distinguished by its name 

 written on a small naming-stick ; or they may be in 

 the form of triangles with their apexes pointing to the 

 centre of the pot ; and round this centre may be placed 

 the different naming-sticks, each pointing to its tri- 

 angle, like little tombstones to their graves. A cross 

 section of an orange will convey a tolerable idea of the 

 appearance of the surface of such a pot : the line 

 round each clove represents the triangles ; and the 

 centre where they all originate the point where the 

 naming- sticks are placed. 



The sowing being finished, the pots must be gently 

 watered with the finest dispenser that can be made. 

 Repeat this at intervals of a few minutes till the 

 mould becomes sufficiently moist for vegetation ; then 

 set the pots in a dry airy part of the green-house 

 where they will not obtrude themselves on the eye 

 and interfere with the general effect : or, if there be 

 no room in the green-house, set them on a hot-bed 

 already spent, but where, by the aid of what heat re- 

 mains in the dung, covering well at night, and the 

 sun during day, they may enjoy about the same tem- 

 perature which they would have done in the green- 

 house. The very choice sorts, and most of the heaths, 

 should be covered with glasses fitted to the inside of 

 the rim of the pot: and these should be kept on, 

 excepting while water is given, till the seeds begin 

 to come up, when they may be taken off part of the 

 day, and in a few weeks entirely. All the culture 



