JAN.] FINE-APPIiIJS. 32f 



he kept as near as possible to ()o^ mornings and 

 €venin<:^s ; and in sunshine, on good days, it may be 

 allowed to rise to about 70^ 



Air should be .admitted to a certain extent every 

 good day ; dividing the quantity admitted equally, 

 vt.liat iliere may be a regular circulation in all parts 

 of the pit. Even in hard frost, when the sun shines, 

 1\vo or three of the lights should be slipped down, 

 to let the rarified air escape at top, and keep down 

 ihe temperature to tJie degree stated above, oi'near 

 it. 



The plants will require very little -water at this 

 iime; perhaps a little only once in eight or ten 

 (Lws, or even at greater intervals, if the weather be 

 moist and hazy. It is safer, in winter, to give too 

 little, rather tbaii too mucli water to pine plants ; 

 nor <)}iould they be watered over head at this season. 

 They should be watered in the forenoon of a sunny 

 <lay, at this time of the year, in order that any wa- 

 ter spilt on the bark, or in the hearts of the plants, 

 inay be exhaled by the heat of the sun, and by an 

 extra quantity of air pm'posely admitted. This 

 precaution, however, is only necessary for the ^ake 

 pf such crowns and suckers as have been -struck 

 late last season, and arp not very \yell rooted ; such 

 being more apt to damp off than others that are bet- 

 ter established. 



The pit should be caretidly covered up soon after 

 sunset every evening, either with double mats, qv 

 with a pi:oper thick canvas cover, made on purpose 

 for it, and mounted on rollers. The cover should 

 be removed by sunrise in the morning, and should 



