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one of thefe tubes may ferve to take out 
the defe£tive plant, with its earth, &c. 
and the other to bring a well blown flower 
from the offset beds, to fubftitute in its 
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place; the inftrument fhould be forced 
into the ground, as deep as its length 
will admit, otherwife the fibres will be 
broken off fo near the root as to check 
the growth of the plant; but the opera- 
•tion may be performed with fo much 
dexterity and addrefs, as not to do the 
plant any material injury, or retard its 
growth in any confiderable degree: it 
will be proper to give the newly intro¬ 
duced plant about a pint of foft water 
immediately, or its ftem will be apt to 
bend a little at firft. Thofe who do not 
choofe to take the trouble of repairing 
their bed in the foregoing manner, may 
immerfe the lower end of the Hems of 
flowers, taken from the offset beds, in 
phials, 
