76 THE GARDENER. [Feb. 



temperature. The hou.^e being large and the flue very small, prevented 

 me from keeping a higher niglit temperature, and was the means, I sup- 

 pose, of ornamenting the chimney-piece of my sitting-room with Srst- 

 class medals. I simply mention the above facts in the hope that it may 

 help to stay any little wavering that may be in the mind of your cor- 

 respondent respecting cool night temperatures in severe weather. Upon 

 entering the house the first thing in the morning, it was no uncommon 

 thing to see hoar-frost with stars and stripes on the under side of the 

 glass previous to starting our first fire to get up our day temperature ; 

 and if the weather was sunless, our day temperature seldom exceeded 

 ^5"^; but upon a change of bright weather, we generally husbanded and 

 made the most of the sun-heat, with an adequate amount of moisture. 

 The sorts of Peaches were Royal George, Gros Mignonne, and Late 

 Admiral ; Nectarines were Pitmaston Orange and Violet Hative. The 

 heaviest Peach grown in the above house was Late Admiral, 12 oz., 

 weighed in Worcester by Atkinson and Barr, fruiterers and seedsmeu- 



The above are facts for safe sailing and steady forcing. At the same 

 place I had two smaller Peach-houses, which were ripe considerably in 

 advance of the large house, and being kept at a higher temperature, the 

 fruit never came to the same size. 



Some of your correspondents of late years have been recommending 

 what I considered high temperatures for Peach-forcing, and I have done 

 it myself when fruit was required at a given time. With care and at- 

 tention it can be done, but I always considered it sailing too close to 

 the wind for general success^ unless the cultivator is fully master of 

 his position in all its bearings. J. M. 



EARLY "AND LATE PEAS. 



In ordinary soils and situations, little difficulty in general is experi- 

 enced in securing a plentiful supply of that esteemed vegetable the 

 Pea after midsummer and during early autumn ; but unless where 

 conditions are favourable to their respective wants, early and late 

 supplies cannot be calculated upon with such a degree of certainty. 

 In this paper I do not presume to advance any new cultural theory on 

 the above vegetable, but thinking that a few notes on some of the 

 conditions necessary or at least desirable in cultivation of early 

 and late crops, might not be amiss to some readers of your esteemed 

 serial, I beg to offer them. In some cases the idea is entertained, 

 that according to the shelter afforded them will Peas be early or 

 late. But this idea, although both reasonable and natural, is not invari- 

 ably correct, as a good deal depends on the nature of the soil in diflfer- 



