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raise the ball within about half an inch of the rim of the 
pot. Press the earth down around it with a thin narrow 
piece of wood, called a potting stick, frequently shaking it 
that no vacancy may be left. If the roots are rotten, or 
otherwise injured, take all such off. If this be the case, the 
plant will be sickly. Give it a new pot of a smaller size, 
administering water moderately until there are visible signs 
of fresh growth. The plants must not be disturbed while 
flowering; let the repotting be done afterward. Plants are, 
at certain stages, if in good health, in a state that no one 
can err in shifting them when desirous to hasten their growth. 
Those plants that make two or more growths during the sum- 
mer may be repotted in the interim of any of these growths, 
and all others just before they begin to push in the spring; 
that is, when the wood buds are perceptibly swelled. Never 
saturate with water fresh-potted plants. There are many 
kinds that, without injury, can be repotted when growing. 
When done potting, tie all up neatly with stakes rather 
higher than the plant, that the new shoots may be tied thereto 
during the summer, to prevent them from being destroyed by 
the wind. There may be many that do not require repot- 
ting, but would be benefited by a top-dressing. This should 
be done by probing off all the surface earth down to the roots, 
replacing it with fresh compost, suitable to the nature of the 
plant. 
"When the above is done, arrange all the plants in proper 
order, and syringe them clean ; but if there are any of the 
green-fly, they must be fumigated previous to syringing. The 
pavement of the house should be cleanly and neatly swept 
every day, and washed at least once a week. Thus, every 
part of the house will be in order before the hurry of the garden 
commences. 
OF ENARCHING, OR GRAFTING BY APPROACH. 
In this method of grafting, the scion is not separated from 
the parent plant until it is firmly united with the stock; con- 
sequently, they must stand contiguously. We intend the 
following method to apply directly to Camellias, as they are 
the principal plants in the green-house that are thus worked. 
The criterion for the operation is about the first of March or 
