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 fail, 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 is a 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 CHEERY HOUSE. 



The same class of house that is 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 ventilation 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 



