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Care muft be taken not to expofe the young plants 

 to ftrong funfhine : fometimes, when the lid and 

 doors are open, it may be neceflary to throw a 

 matt or thin cloth over them, but this muft depend 

 on the judgment of the perfon who has the care of 

 them ; there fliould be handles fixed to the fides, 

 to move it with more fafety. 



There mould be a layer of wet mofs, of two or 

 three inches deep, at the bottom of the box or 

 calk ; or, if that cannot be got, fome very rotten 

 wood or decayed leaves, and then frefh loamy 

 earth, about twelve inches deep, both of which 

 will fink to a foot deep : the wet mofs is intended 

 to retain moifture, and to keep the earth from 

 drying too foon. 



The furface of the earth mould be covered 

 with mofs cut fmall, which now and then on the 

 voyage fhould be wafhed in frefh water, and 

 laid on the earth again to keep the furface moift, 

 and to wafh off mouldinefs or faline vapours 

 which may have fettled on it. When the plants 

 come up, it will be proper to fave what rain- 

 water can be got, which will encourage their 

 growth, and be of more fervice than the water 

 drawn out of cafks that have been long on board 



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Thefe kind of boxes or cafks will be very pro- 

 per to fow many forts of fuch feeds in, as are fo 

 difficult to be brought from China, and other parts 

 of the Eaft-Indies, to Europe in a vegetative 

 ftate; fuch as the lechee, mangoes, mangofteens, 

 pepper, marking-nuts, various forts of peaches, 

 rofes, oranges, citrons, lemons, &c. 



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