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that you may the belter feparate the 

 Plants without tearing their Roots ; 

 and having half filled the Pots with 

 Earth, put a fingle Plant into each 

 of the fmall Pots ; then fill them up 

 with the fame Earth as before direct- 

 ed, plunging the Pots into the new 

 Hot- bed, giving them a good Wa- 

 tering to fix the Earth to their P>.oots, 

 and oblerve to repeat the fame very 

 often (for this Plant, when in an Hot- 

 bed, requires much Water) ; but be 

 fure to kreen them from the Sun in 

 the Heat of the Day. In this Me- 

 thod, with due Care, your Plants will 

 grow to be* two Feet high by July* 

 when you mull begin to harden them 

 by degrees, in raifing your Glaffes 

 very high ; and, when the Weather 

 is good, take them quite oft; but do 

 ■not expofe them to the open Sun in 

 the Heat of the Day ; which would 

 be very injurious to them, efpecially 

 while young. Toward the End of 

 September you mull houfe them, ob- 

 fervirig to place them near the Win- 

 dows of the' Green houfe, to prevent 

 the Damps from moulding their ten- 

 der Shoots. During the Winter-fea- 

 fon they may be often refreftied with 

 Water ; and, in March or April, walh 

 their Heads and Stems, to clear them 

 from the Filth that may have fettled 

 thereon, during their being in the 

 Houfe ; and then you muft alfo give 

 them a gentle Hot-bed in the Spring, 

 which will greatly forward them ; 

 but harden them by the Beginning 

 of Jum, that they may be in right 

 Order to bud in Augujt ; when you 

 mould make choice of Cuttings from 

 Trees that are healthy and fruitful, 

 of whatever Kinds you pleafe, ob- 

 ferving that the Shoots are round ; 

 the Buds of thefe being much better, 

 and eafier to part from the W ood, 

 than fu,h as are flat. When you have 

 budded the Stocks, you mould re- 

 move them into a Green-houfe to 



defend them from Wet, turning the 

 Buds from the Sun ; but let them 

 have as much free Air as poffible, 

 and refrelh them often with Water. 

 In a Month's time after Budding, you 

 will fee which of them has taken ; 

 you muft then untie them, that the 

 Binding may not pinch their Buds, 

 and let them remain in the Green- 

 , houfe all the Winter ; then, in the 

 Spring, prepare a moderate Hot-bed 

 of Tanners Bark; and, after having 

 cut off the Stocks about three Inches 

 above the Buds, plunge their Pots 

 into the Hot-bed, obferving to give 

 'them Air and Water, as the Heat of 

 .the Weather {hall require ; but be 

 fure to fcreen them from the Vio- 

 lence of the Sun during the Pleat of 

 the Day. In this Management, if 

 your Buds (hoot kindly, they will 

 grow to the Height of two Feet, or 

 more, by July ; at which time, you 

 muft begin to harden them before 

 the coM Weather comes on, that they 

 may the better Hand in the Green- 

 houfe the following Winter. In the 

 firft Winter after their mooting, you 

 muft keep them very warm ; for, by 

 forcing them in the Bark-bed, they 

 will be fomewhat tenderer ; but it is 

 very necefiary to raife them to their 

 Height in one Seafon, that their 

 Stems may be ftrait ; for in fuch 

 Trees, which are two or more Years 

 growing to their Heading-height, the 

 Stems are always crooked. In the 

 fucceeding Years, their Management 

 will be the fame as in full-grown 

 Trees, which will be hereafter treat- > 

 ed of : I fhall Therefore, now, pro- 

 ceed to treat of the Management of 

 fuch Trees as are brought over every 

 Year in Chefts from Italy ; which is, 

 indeed, by much the quicker Way 

 of furnifhing a Green-houfe with 

 large Trees ; for thofe which are 

 railed from .Seeds in Engl nd, will 

 not grow fo large in their Stems un- 



