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abont Christmas, ready for the eyes early in January, and it 

 will be useful for other things at that season until the young 

 canes require the whole of the space. The side borders, !>, 

 Jig. 3, are of soU, for this house is not eligible for early forcing ; 



those of fir). 2 may be filled with dung and leaver, the pots 

 being plunged therein to three-quarters of their depth until 

 the Vines break, when they are to be gradually lifted out ; soil 

 should then be placed on the dung and leaves to the depth of 



Fig. 3. 



6 inches, the pots remaining plunged that depth always. Fig. 2 

 will answer for early forcing. 

 Fig. 4 is a narrow lean-to, 7 feet wide, with a walk at back 



rim, and the canes carry a much heavier crop in thie way than 

 in any other with which I am acquainted. 



Fig. 5 is simply a narrow lean-to, y feet wide, and this and 

 the preceding are the most suitable for early crops. They 

 have guttered pipes back and front, and in the front wall is 



and a border in front, in which the pots are plunged about an 

 inch deeper than the rim, and the roots not only come through 

 the bottom of the pot and the holes in the sides, but over the 



Fig. 5. 



an opening at every 2 feet for a circular ventilator, 6 inches in 



diameter, which can be opened much or little at will. The air 



entering there becomes heated before it reaches the Vines. 



The scale of all the sections is 5 feet to the inch. — G. Abbet. 



(To be continned.) 



WORK FOR THE W^EK. 



KITCHEN GARDEN. 



Eterythinq connected with tbis departaient should now be 

 kept in good order. Take every opportunity of eradicating 

 weeds ; hand-weed where practicable, as it more effectually 

 answers the purpose than hoeing and raking when the soil is 



moist. Cut Box-edgings, and keep the walks well rolled. Ba.iil, 

 a warm sheltered spot may now be chosen for a sowing in the 

 open ground ; bat as it is a rather tender annual it is generally 

 the best plan to sow in pans, or on a slight hotbed, and after- 

 wards plant it out. B<>(m-i, earth-up the early crops, but be- 



