into the earth in the centre of the pot, 
to which the Items are to be loofely tied 
with fmall pieces of bafs mat : thefe 
flicks fhould be as high as the hoops will 
admit, in order that the pots may remain 
under them as long as polfible ; but when 
the Items are grown too high for this 
fituation, the pots are to be removed to 
the Itage, and remain there till the time 
of bloom : the fmall {ticks Ihould be re¬ 
placed with others more fuitable for the 
occafion; thefe fhould be about four 
feet, or four feet fix inches long, regu¬ 
larly tapering a little from the bot¬ 
tom to the top, and be painted green ; 
they fhould be fubftantial and Itraight, 
and their lower ends are to be forced 
into the earth in the centre of the 
pot, fufficiently deep and firm, not to 
be fhaken loofe by the wind. As the 
Items continue to advance in height, the 
Y tying, 
