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the pots are made is calcarious and of 
the nature of lime, though less quick and 
lively ; this is clearly proved from the bubbling 
of the water in which you put a number of new 
ones. Very few florists attend sufficiently to 
this circumstance, but the reasons here given 
seem to make it very necessary. When you 
transplant your roots, place by the side of the 
hole a small piece of tile, and over the hole a 
hollow oyster-shell resting on the edge of the 
tile (this plan drains off the water so well) after 
which fill up two inches deep with pieces of 
loam, but not sifted ; if it has been ab- 
sorbed in manure, it will be no worse ; after 
this fill your pot about three parts full with 
the prepared compost, and let it be well 
shook down on your potting board; this is often 
neglected, but it assists the settling down of 
the mould, and will prevent the plant sinking 
in the pot, which is an eye-sore : trim 
the small roots or fibres to about three or four 
long, and be careful to spread them as 
horizontally as possible ; press the earth tight 
the edges of the pot, as well as in the 
round the neck of the plant; it ought 
to he firmly fixed, to facilitate its growth ; the 
mould, if kept in a shed, and is as dry as 
gunpowder, is the better for potting. Water 
