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twice a-day, as they will require more water at this period 

 than at any other, and a want of it at this time would be of 

 the most injurious consequences to them. 



POTTING OFF SEEDLING HEATHS. 



We referred the reader in April to the subject of pottmg 

 off seedling heaths, which, if no accident have befallen them, 

 will be now in a good state for being put into their second 

 state of culture. According to the instructions then laid 

 down, the smallest pots should be used ; and being perfectly 

 well drained, the mould should be prepared for them, of the 

 same kind as recommended for the culture of this family. 

 As the young plants will yet have made but few and small 

 roots, the mould should be well prepared for them; and, 

 independently of being well broken with a spade, should be 

 put through a moderately fine sieve, but not so fine as that 

 used for preparing the seed-pots. After this potting, sifting 

 the mould should never be attempted, for reasons which have 

 been already given. 



In taking the young plants out of the seed-pots, great care 

 is necessary, that they be not injured ; each plant should be 

 put into a separate pot, and when the whole seed-pot is thus 

 potted off, the young plants should be carefully watered with 

 a very fine rose watering-pot, and placed in the shade for 

 a day or two. After which, they should be placed upon 

 shelves in the heathery, as near to the glass as possible, 

 that they may enjoy plenty of light and air. Here they should 

 be shaded for a few days, if the sun be powerful, and gra- 

 dually hardened to it, till at last they can bear it without 

 flagging, that is, drooping their leaves, which, in the culture 

 of this plant, should be carefully avoided. In this state they 

 are to stand till spring, and to be regularly watered, and kept 

 free of damp, which is their greatest enemy. In houses that 

 are not in good repair, a careful examination must be made 

 to remove such pots as are under drips from the roof, which, 

 if not attended to, would soon destroy the plants. These 

 minutiae being attended to, they will require no farther notice 

 till they are repotted in the ensuing spring, at the same time 

 with the other plants. 



