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Then fill the pots or boxes, withhi an inch of the top, with ricli 

 loofe compoft mould ; fow the feeds, and fift over them half an, 

 inch more of the fame quality of earth. Few of thefe feeds will 

 appear till the following fpring ; but the pots or boxes ought not to 

 be funk in the ground, as is too commonly pra<5lifed by ignorant- 

 gardeners, in order, as they fay, to keep them moift ; and, in fa(5l,by 

 lazy ones, to prevent the trouble of watering them, but which, by 

 detaining the water, rots more feeds and plants than any other 

 circumftance ox ill management I know; befides, thofe thatefcape 

 are poor, Itarved, and ftunted ilufF: Therefore let them be raifed 

 or eight inches above tlie lurlace of the ground, fupported by 

 flones or logs of wood, and placed where they may receive the 

 morning fun only, till autuinn, when they fiiould be removed 

 under a fouth wall, and condnue there till the weather turn fe- 

 vere, during wlilch time they ought to be put under a covered 

 frame, but tiie glalies or other covering taken conftantly off in 

 mild weather. About the beginning of April after, remove the 

 boxes to their firft fituation ; ioofen the furface gently with your 

 fingers, picking avv'ay the foggy or mouldy parts, and fift on a 

 little freih earth in proportion. About the end of April, the bulk 

 of the plants will appear above ground, when they muft be fre- 

 quently but moderately watered i.i the evenings when mild, 

 but in the mornings, when inclined to frofl, kept perfeflly clean 

 during the fummer months, and protected as in the preceding 

 winter in fevere weather. 



Thf. plants being a year old, raife them carefully out of the 

 boxes, Hiorten the downright roots, and manage them as direcft- 

 ed for the Tulip-tree during their abode in the nurf.'ry j with 



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