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but it fliould not, on any account, be 
deferred later than the end of that 
month. The pot is, in the Srft place, 
to be half filled with compoft, having an 
©yfter fhell, with its hollow fide down¬ 
wards, placed over the hole in the centre 
of the bottom: this compoft is to be 
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higher at the fides than in the centre of 
the pot, and the plants intended for it, 
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which are fuppofed to have been wintered 
in fmall Auricula pots, containing four 
plants each, are to be carefully turned out 
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of their pots, with all the earth adhering 
to them, in a ball; and after rubbing off 
about half an inch of the furface of the 
old mould, round about the plants, above 
their fibres, cleaning them and cutting 
off the decayed points of their leaves, 
the ball is to be carefully placed in the 
centre of the pot, and the fpace between 
it 
