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at all fit to remove, they should be planted out into garden 
pots, one in each ; the size suitable will be those of thirty- 
six to the dozen ; or if the pots are larger, two or three 
may be planted in each. The whole, when potted, must 
still be protected and assisted with artificial heat, till the 
weather is mild, say the latter end of April or beginning 
of May. The principal thing to be minded will be, when 
they are to be finally planted, to have a ball of earth to 
each root, so that the plant may be checked as little as pos- 
sible. As the plants of some species grow to a large size, 
it will be necessary to plant them in sheltered situations, 
at a distance from each other of from two to three feet, in 
moderate light ground. In the autumn months, when the 
leaves begin to lose their grossy appearance, and assume 
a yellowish hue, which will be first exhibited in the 
bottom leaves, the leaves that are changed should be 
taken off, and tied in small bundles of about half a 
dozen, or little more, and hung to dry. In about a fort- 
night after the first gathering most probably the whole will 
be ready to be taken off. After those bundles arc in a 
proper state of dryness, the whole should be packed toge- 
ther streight and close, so as to produce perspiration, like 
what is necessary for new hay, in its proper state. If a 
sufficient quantity cannot be got at one time to produce 
perspiration, of itself, it may be greatly aided by packing 
it in a box, closing it up, and then covering overhead the 
whole box in a heap of weeds, grass, or manure that is in 
a gentle heat. After sweating a week or ten days, it may 
be kept in a moderately dry situation, so as to prevent its 
moulding. 
It will require not less than a pound of the above 
leaves to a gallon of water to make good tobacco water, 
and in order to obtain the whole of the virtue of the 
