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thing here should now look fresh and healthy. Acacias should be adrancing 

 into bloom. Camellias are either out or advancing rapidly into bloom : to 

 promote this, see that they do not want for water. If there is a stove in the 

 estabhshment, many orchids, hyacinths, arums, tulips, and other bulbs, with 

 heaths, epacridse, from the greenhouse ; and if only a frame is available, 

 cinerarias, violets, and mignonette, will render the conservatory both gay and 

 fragrant. 



4S6. To preserve all these in bloom for the longest possible period is now 

 the object ; keep the atmosphere moist and genial, but not wet ; water 

 regularly when necessary, especially the bulbs, giving as much water, of the 

 same temperatui-e as the house, as they can assimilate ; keep the temperature 

 about 40°, rising a few degrees from sun-heat during the day, ventilating 

 daily, if only for a short time, but avoiding cold draughts of air. 



487. Vines, where they form a feature in the cultivation, are usually culti- 

 vated on some principle of succession, either by dividing the house by parti- 

 tions, or by having a succession of houses. Supposing the plants to have been 

 started in October, they would break last month with a temperature in house 

 of about 70°. This should now be the point aimed at, the minimum being 

 60° during the night. The actual heat, however, should be regulated by the 

 state of the external border. If the heat is falHng there, then fresh heating 

 materials must be appHed there ; for on that depends the result. Later sec- 

 tions may follow for succession, beginning at a lower temperature, and increas- 

 ing the heat gradually as the vines break and advance. Vines in pots, if 

 started in October, and exposed to regular heat, will now be setting their fruit ; 

 they may be pushed on vigorously ; for the roots being entirely under control, 

 there is less danger of the plants being injured by over-forcing. Fresh plants 

 should be brought forward. This may be done by plunging them into a hot- 

 bed and frame, and adding linings to keep up the heat until they break, when 

 the heat of the vinery will be found sufficient. The plants showing fruit should 

 be assisted by occasional apphcations of manure-water in bright weather. 



