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Title: Our deportment; or, The manners, conduct and dress of the most refined society; including forms for letters, invitations, etc., etc. Also, valuable suggestions on home culture and training
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: Young, John H
Subjects: Etiquette
Publisher: Detroit, Mich. (etc.) F.B. Dickerson & Co.
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f CARE AND CULTURE OP PLANTS. 433 \ I or two sizes larger than the old one, and see that it is ; I perfectly clean inside. If particles of dirt or mould are § ) left adhering to the sides the new soil will adhere to \I them, so that it will be difficult to remove the plant when i desired. Place a large piece of broken pot over the ) ; hole at the bottom so that it will cover the hole with an ) arch, surround this with smaller pieces, and cover them ; with a little earth. Place the hand over the top of the i pot containing the plant with the plant-stem between ; your fingers, invert it and remove the ball of earth by \ striking the edge of the pot downward upon the edge of \ the table. If the previous potting has been well done, I i the ball of earth will come out entire. Place it in the § i new pot so that the surface will be as high as before, and ; i fill in the earth, pressing it firmly with the fingers, and I \ settling it by giving the pot a sharp rap on the table. I I If the n

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