52 THE FORCING GARDEN. 
immediately after the fruit is set, which may be known 
by the falling off of the petals. Continue likewise to 
syringe morning and evening. These are things not 
to be omitted, or a failure will result, and of course 
dissatisfaction, and then Plum-growing will fall into 
disfavour with those who look for great things without 
trouble. 
Many feil, and many try and do not fail, but some 
few omissions of necessary duties which may not 
be thought of, or which may be considered of little 
consequence by the novice, make all the difference as 
regards results. What a wide range exists in the art 
of gardening! It isa thing which no one can show by 
mere writing. 
I beg here to refer the reader to my ‘Tree 
Pruner’ for all the details of pruning. 
THE CHERRY HOUSE. 
The same class of house thatis used for Plums may 
be employed for Cherries, except that more top ventila- 
tion may be given, and perhaps more also at the bottom. 
The top véntilation may be increased from nine inches 
to eighteen inches in width, and the openings in front 
may be made double the width of those of the Plum 
house. The soil should be a gravelly one of a warm 
nature, but not poor; gravel and sand may exist in land 
and yet the land be good. [If it is not so naturally it 
must be made so artificially. It would be a difficult 
thing to do on a very large scale, but for such a place 
as a Cherry house it would not be difficult. 
It is all but useless to attempt to grow Cherries 
in cold clayey subsoils on a flat surface ; I have seen so 
