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of foft water for a few minutes, to plump 
it up. 
The earth on the bed where the pipings 
are to be placed, fhould be moderately 
moiftened, and rendered rather compaft 
than otherwife; then take one of the fmall 
hand glaffes, made ufe of for blooming 
the Auricula, and with it mark its dimen- 
fions on the fur face of the foil, in order 
to know where to flick in the pipings, fo 
as to lofe no room, or endanger their 
being diflurbed when the glafs is placed 
over them. The glalfes moll proper to 
be ufed on this occafion, as well as for 
Auriculas, previous to their being placed 
on the flage, fhould be of a hexagonal 
form, and fix inches in diameter ; the fix 
fides fhould be about three inches deep, 
and finifh with a conic hexagonal top to 
throw off rain: y each of thefe will com- 
1 Vide Plate 5, Fig* 6. 
modioufly 
