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ing any Sand with the Earth, unlefs 

 it be extremely ftiff ; and then it 

 will be neceffary to have it mixed 

 at leaft fix Months, or a Year, before 

 it is ufed; and it muft be frequently 

 turned, that the Sand may be in- 

 corporated in the Earth, lb as to 

 divide its Parts : but you Ihould not 

 put more than a fixth Part of Sand; 

 for too much Sand is very injurious 

 to thefe Plants. 



In the Summer-feafon, when the 

 Weather is warm, thefe Plants mull 

 be frequently watered j but you 

 Ihould not give them large Quan- 

 tities at a time : you muft alio 

 be very careful, that the Moifture 

 is not detained in the Pots, by the 

 Holes being ftopp'd ; for that will 

 foon deftroy the Plants. If the Sea- 

 fon is warm, they mould be watered 

 every other- Day ; but in a cool 

 Seafon, twice a Week will be often 

 enough : and during the Summer- 

 feafon, you Ihould once a Week 

 water them gently all over their 

 Leaves ; which will warn the Filth 

 from off them, and thereby greatly 

 promote the Growth of the Plants 



There are fome Perfons who fre- 

 quently ihift thefe Plants from Pot 

 to Pot : but this is by no means to 

 be pra&ifed by thofe who propofe 

 to have large well-flavoufd Fruic ; 

 for unlefs the Pots be filled with 

 the Roots, by the time the Plants 

 begin to {hew their Fruit, they com- 

 monly produce fmall Fruit, which 

 have generally large Crowns on 

 them : fo that the Plants will not 

 require to be new-potted oftener 

 than twice in a Seafon : the firft time 

 fhould be about the End of Afrit, 

 when the Suckers and Crowns of 

 the former Year's Fruit (which re- 

 mained all^ the Winter in thofe Pots 

 in which they were firft planted) 

 mould be fhifced into larger Pots ; 

 i. e. ' thofe which were in Halfpeny 



or Three-farthing Pots, mould be 

 put into Peny, or, at moil, Three- 

 halfpeny Pots, according to the Size 

 of tne Plants ; for you muft be very 

 careful not to over-pot them, no- 

 thing being more prejudicial to thefe 

 Plants. The fecond time for ftlift- 

 ing of them is, toward the Latter- 

 end of Auguft, or the Beginning of 

 September, when you Ihould fliift 

 thofe Plants which are of a pro- 

 per Size for fruiting the following 

 Spring, into Two-peny Pots, which 

 are full large enough for any of 

 thefe Plants. At each of thefe times 

 of friifting the Plants, the Bark-bed 

 Ihould be llirred up, and fome new 

 Bark added, to raife the Bed up to 

 the Height it was at firft made ; 

 and when the Pots are plunged again 

 into the Bark-bed, the Plants mould 

 be watered gently all over their 

 Leaves, to wa.1i off the Filth, and 

 to fettle the Earth to the Roots of 

 the Plants. If the Bark-bed be well 

 ftirred, and a Quantity of good frefh 

 Bark added to the Bed, at this latter 

 fhifting, it will be of great Ser- 

 vice to the Plants ; and they may 

 remain in the Tan until the Pegin- 

 n ; ng of November, or fometimes 

 later, according to the Mildnefs of 

 the Seafon ; and will not require 

 any Fire before that time. During 

 the Winter-feafon thefe Plants will 

 not require to be watered oftener 

 than every third or fourth Day, ac- 

 cording as you find the Earth in the 

 Pots to dry : nor mould you give 

 them too much at each time ; for it 

 is much better to give them a little 

 Water often, than to over- water 

 them, elpecially at that Seafon. 



You muft obferve never to (hi ft 

 thofe Plants which Ihew their Fruit, 

 into other Pots ; for if they are re- 

 moved after the Fruit appears, it 

 will ftop the Growth, and thereby 

 cauie the Fruit to be imailer, and re- 

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