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HOW TO MANAGE PLANTS, ROOTED CUTTINGS, AND 
SEEDLINGS SENT BY POST. 
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7ITHERE’persons have the convenience and sufficient experience for nursing small plants, and 
enjoy seeing"them grow, we strongly recommend their having them sent by post, as every 
care is taken to grow them in such a temperature, &c., that there is no risk about their doing well 
with a small amount of ordinary care, if the appended instructions are carefully followed. 
It must be remembered that plants are like voting children; they must be carefully looked after, 
fed, clothed, and trained in the way they should go, and a little common sense exercised to ascertain 
their requirements, and to guard against enemies. And should they be forgotten, and get with others 
of bad character, it is surprising how quickly they will partake of the same habits and disease, and 
will soon die in sorrow and disgrace. A sweet-smelling hot-bed rather on the decline is preferable, 
with the heat at about 05 degrees. When you receive a box of rooted cuttings or plants, immerse 
them in water at the same temperature from one to two hours. When they are all refreshed, proceed 
to pot them into small pots, using nice, warm, sandy soil. See that the roots are separated and 
spread naturally out in the soil without injuring them, pressing the soil firmly. Place them in the 
frame, keep them shut close for a few days, be careful of damp, and admit air as they get established. 
Let them be slightly dried each day, but do not allow them to flag from too much air or sun. And if 
a person possesses a stove, or even a warm greenhouse, there is no more difficulty in getting them to 
grow under an air-tight hand-glass or wooden box with the top covered with glass, than those of 
their own striking or raising. 
HENRY GUNNELL. HENRY CRNNELL. ROBERT CHNNELL. ERNEST CHNNELL. 
NURSERIES, SWANLEY. 
SEED FARM & GROUNDS, EYNSFORD. 
NEW, GOOD. AWD 
** FLO WERS « 
ALL SPECIALLY RECOMMENDED FOR THE YEAR 1895. 
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