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a day, as time will permit, in dry hot weather, and also syringe in 

 the morning, as well as in the afternoon, during the summer months. 

 Syringing in the morning must be done early enough to admit of 

 the foliage becoming dry before the sun shines upon it, because if 

 the sun is allowed to act upon it when wet it will be severely injured. 

 Syringing must be discontinued during the period stated for with- 

 holding the water, and also as soon as the fruit has reached its full 

 size. If continued after the above-mentioned period, the fruit will 

 crack, and of course be quite worthless. 



When cultivated in ordinary wooden frames, it is necessary to 

 have the fermenting materials well sweetened. A mixture of stable 

 manure and leaves is better than all manure, as the heat is steadier 

 and lasts much longer. The fermenting materials should be turned 

 over several times, and watered if it appears likely to heat dry. The 

 bed should be about three feet in thickness, and a little larger each 

 way than the frame ; and in making up must be beaten very firm with 

 the fork, and also sprinkled with water, unless the materials are 



GILBERT S IMPBOVED VICTORY OF BATH. 



very moist. Place the frame upon the bed, and put sufficient inside 

 to raise the bed about nine inches when well trodden. Put the lights 

 on, and tilt them at the back sufficiently to enable all noxious exha- 

 lations that rise from the manure to escape. In two or three days 

 cover the whole surface with a thin layer of loam, and place a hillock 

 of soil in the centre of each light, with a layer of turf underneath 

 for the purposes stated above. In a few days the plants can be put 

 out, one or two to each light, according to its size. Make one or 

 two holes in the centre of each hillock just large enough to receive 

 the pots, then turn the plants out, drop them in their places, press 

 the soil firm about them, and water liberally to settle the soil. Then 

 keep close for a few days, and shade lightly. 



Stop the plauts when they have four or five joints each, traiu 

 out the side-shoots regularly over the bed, and stop them just before 

 they reach the side of the frame, and deal with them as advised for 

 managing them in the houses. Here let me state that the young 

 growth, after the laterals are produced from the side-shoots, must 

 be well thinned out, both in frames and houses, to prevent over- 

 crowding. When the frame or trellis is filled with healthy growth 



