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fragrans, kc, should be placed on the back shelves of a vinery, or any house 

 of medium temperature, supplying them only with water sufficient to keep 

 their foliage from dying off. Complete the potting of chrysanthemums, and 

 plunge them in ashes or sawdust to save watering. Stake neatly, and stop 

 mildew wherever it appears, by dusting a little flour of sulphur over the 

 infected leaves. Water with liquid manure freely. 



§ 7.— Fruit-Culture under Glass. 



1607. Vinery. — "Whenever the leaves in the early-house show indications of 

 ripening, the sashes should be removed and the vines fully exposed : beyond 

 stopping any late laterals, the vines should not be touched until the leaves fall. 

 While the vines ai'e thus exposed, the sashes, rafters, &c., should be put into a 

 si-t-ie of repair, and painted, that everything may be in good order when the 

 time for forcing again arrives. If the sashes are not wanted for repairing, 

 they may be used for a variety of purposes, such as ripening grapes, peaches, 

 &c., against walls, forwarding tomatoes, or to assist in the propagation of 

 bedding-stuff. Young vines, planted during the past or present season, should 

 be stopped when once they reach the top of the house. Where the rods, 

 however, are intended to cany fruit next season, and the vines are growing 

 freely, six or eight joints beyond where it is intended to cut them back should 

 be left, as a too close stopping might cause the princijDal eyes to break, and 

 endanger next season's show of fruit. Lateral shoots, after this, may be kept 

 stopped back pretty close, as the object will now be more to ripen the existing 

 ■wood than to encourage fresh growth. 



1608. Besides looking over ripe grapes to remove decaj'ed berries and stop- 

 ping the lateral shoots as they are formed, there are not many instructions to 

 he given for the vinery this month. 



1609. Fires, especially to houses containing Muscat grapes, should be made 

 each evening and during wet dull days, that abundant ventilation may be 

 kept on. Vines in pots, intended to fruit next season, must be closely watched 

 to get the wood perfectly ripened. As they have now completed their growth, 

 liquid manure may be given pretty freely to swell out the buds to carry next 

 season's crop. The plants must be kept close to the glass, and thus exposed 

 to the full influence of light : great care should be taken of the principal 

 leaves as the wood assumes a brown hue. Lessen the water by degrees, and 

 allow (if practicable) a lower night temperature. 



1610. Pinery. — As soon as the house for next season's fruiting is ready, 

 !the plants should be transferred there at once : the most forward -plants 

 should be selected, and have their final shift before removal. When it is 

 desirable to have fruit early, say in April or May, the frui ting-pot must not be 

 too large, as it willbe necessar}' to get the plants into rest early. As a rule, they 

 should have their pots well filled with roots by the middle of September ; and 

 while gro\ving, allow them all the light you can command, and a proportionate 



