40 FORCING. 
from their long period of rest, and well-ripened buds, 
are predisposed to break earlier and stronger than the 
others; some of them, if the autumn is moist, will be 
excited, and produce flowers, which must be imme- 
diately pinched out; they should have their balls 
carefully reduced, and be repotted in larger pots early 
in August, protecting them from the late autumnal 
rains, and from frost.” 
“For succession,’ Mr. Paxton says, ‘‘ strong runners 
are taken up in September, and planted about six 
inches apart, in manured and well-prepared beds, four 
feet wide, in a somewhat sheltered situation ; there 
they are allowed to remain until the followmg July, 
during which period they must be kept very clean 
from weeds, have the flowers and runners regularly 
pinched off, and be watered whenever likely to suffer 
from drought. About the middle of July they are 
potted in small thirty-two-sized pots, two plants in a 
pot, taking the greatest care that neither roots nor 
leaves are damaged in the operation, and an important 
part of it is to press the earth firmly about them; the 
soil used is two parts loam to one of well-rotted dung. 
Beds which will hold five or six rows of pots are then 
formed in the following manner: Level the surface of 
the ground, and spread upon it a layer of coal ashes; 
above which must be nailed firmly slabs, or any rough 
boards, as wide as the depth of the pots, which are 
