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afternoon, and, if the thermometer runs up to 80' or 90°, so much 

 the better, provided the atmosphere is saturated with moisture. 

 Red spider are partial to these plants, but by following the fore- 

 going directions, there will be no trouble with them. When the 

 berries are nicely coloured, the plants can go to the conservatory, 

 where they will be a source of attraction throughout the winter, 

 and be useful to decorate the table whenever required. 



Standards can be obtained by training to single stem, and, after 

 reaching the desired height, pinch out the top and stop back the 

 young shoots to form a bushy head. To grow fine specimens, they 

 ought not to be allowed to bear berries the first year, but be grown 

 on without check, and, after a good winter's rest, pruned and started 

 into growth, and potted on as directed for the management of the 

 young stock. At the first shift reduce the ball, and repot in the 

 same size again. 



Yery little need be said about soil, because two parts sound 

 turfy loam, broken up rather roughly, and mixed with one part of 

 well decayed cow-dung, is all that is required, excepting the addition 

 of a little silver sand, when potted in the small 60's. 



A SELECTION OF ERUITS FOR THE ORCHARD-HOUSE. 



BY WILLIAM COLE, 



Head Gardener, Ealing Park, Middlesex. 



[NOWING- the difficulty under which the great body of 

 fruit-growing amateurs labour, in not knowing which 

 are the best sorts to grow, I have prepared a list 

 specially adapted for the orchard-house. It shall not 

 be a long list, because it is more satisfactory to 

 have a few good-flavoured prolific sorts, than a host of varieties, 

 half of which are comparatively useless. Some of the varieties of 

 the fruits proper to the orchard-house have fruit large in size, 

 handsome in appearance, and rich in flavour, but for all that are 

 comparatively useless to small growers, because of the uncertainty 

 attached to the production of a good crop, arising either from their 

 shy bearing qualities, or the necessity of giving them special and 

 skilful treatment. I would strongly urge my readers to adhere 

 strictly to the undermentioned list, because it includes only the 

 best, and as the principal varieties have a long string of synonymes, 

 there is a chance of getting the same kind under different names. 

 I would also advise the cultivator, when access can be had to a 

 selection like this, which can be depended upon, not to leave the 

 selection in the hands of the trade. The best kinds are always in 

 demand, and as the mirseryman is bound to grow a few of all sorts, 

 in case an order comes in for them, and if the comparatively worth- 

 less sorts hang on hand, it is not too much to expect that, in making 

 up the order, a few of them will be added. It would be against 



