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it and the fides filled up with the pre¬ 
pared comport. 
It is very neceflary to be attentive in 
placing the plants, that they be neither 
planted deeper nor fhallower than they 
were before; the comport fhould there- 
fore be high enough to replace the old 
earth that was rubbed off on potting, 
exaftly to the fame height as before, i. e« 
half an inch higher than the ball of old 
earth and fibres: and the whole furface 
of the earth in the pot, when the opera¬ 
tion is finilhed, fhould be nearly level or 
flat; but by no means higher at the 
centre than at the fides, becaufe the plants 
would thereby be kept too dry ; nor 
fhould the comport come nearer than 
within an inch of the top or rim of the 
pot, after it has been gently fhaken, or 
ftruck againft the ground on finiihing, as 
an inconvenience will attend its being too 
full, 
