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think that in preparing the bed into which the plants are first 

 removed from the seed-bed, considerable advantages will be 

 obtained by covering a thin layer of dung, not in a very rotten 

 state, with about two inches deep of mould ; for under these 

 circumstances, whenever the plants are removed, the dung 

 will adhere tenaciously to their roots ; and it will not be ne- 

 cessary to deprive the plants of any part of their leaves. 

 Younger and smaller plants may therefore be used ; for their 

 growth, under the preceding circumstances, will not be at all 

 checked ; and I need not point out to the experienced gar- 

 dener, that the younger his plants are, the less subject they 

 will be to run to seed, or pipe, as it is called, in the autumn. 



