NOVEMBER. 



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NOVEMBER, 



and fermenting material renewed possibly. 

 Plants intended to fruit next spring and 

 summer must be guarded against any 

 sudden check, be kept rather dry, and 

 rest for the next three months in a tem- 

 perature of 60 to 65. 



Pinery ', Renewal of Linings for. Much 

 attention will be necessary to renewing 

 linings, &c., to those in pits, to maintain 

 the requisite temperature. Coverings of 

 mats, reed frames, &c., must also be 

 applied in severe weather, and all sudden 

 changes guarded against. Occasionally, 

 too, some of the strongest succession plants 

 will require water at the roots, although 

 the air may be a great deal too damp. 

 The best mode of applying it will be found 

 in the instructions given last month for the 

 culture of pines. This is the most trying 

 month in the whole year for pine plants 

 in pits ; hence they must receive extra care 

 and attention. 



Pines, Succession. Similar treatment, 

 except the resting, will suit the general 

 stock of succession plants. They must be 

 kept slowly moving in a dryish atmo- 

 sphere. 



Vinery. After taking care of the grapes 

 that we have, the next thing to be done in 

 point of importance is to look after those 

 that are to come. Vines in a vinery started 

 last month will now be breaking, and a 

 genial temperature of 50 to 55 must be 

 maintained. This should not be exceeded 

 during this month : the absence of the sun 

 renders rapid growth now dangerous. 

 What is gained in rapidity will be lost in 

 solidity and strength. If the sun should 

 shine, however, an increase of 10 or 15 

 will do no harm, but much good. See 

 that the heat of the outside borders is 

 kept regular, avoiding all extremes'; it 

 may continue 3 in excess of the inside 

 temperature. 



If border heat is maintained by the aid 

 of dung and leaves, frequent examinations 



and turnings will be necessary to keep it 

 right ; sometimes fermenting material is 

 also used to aid other means of keeping up 

 the internal temperature. It makes a good 

 deal of extra labour, but has the great 

 merit of both feeding and warming at the 

 same time. Where it is used, it must be 

 partially sweetened before it is introduced, 

 as too much rank ammonia would prove 

 destructive to the tender foliage of the 

 vines. When this is properly attended to, 

 perhaps no food is so grateful to nor so 

 speedily available for the vines as this. 

 When this material is used beneath 

 healthy vines, it should be turned twica 

 at least in the day. 



Vines in pots. These may be started in 

 a bottom heat of 53 in dung beds, unless 

 means are found for giving them bottom 

 heat over flues, &c., in the houses in which 

 they are to be fruited. After they have 

 fairly broke, they can be carefully moved 

 to their fruiting quarters ; in many places 

 the first vinery will now be started. Pro- 

 ceed as recommended last month. 



November. Greenhouse, Work 

 in. 



Azaleas, Heaths, &*c. Greenhouses 

 occupied by heaths, azaleas, &c., not in 

 flower, must be kept cool, dry, and clean. 

 They may also have more air than the 

 conservatory, and a temperature of 40 

 will suffice. 



Camellias. Where these have a house 

 devoted to them, they require careful 

 management now. The buds will just 

 be swelling, and a sudden change of 

 temperature, a scarcity or excess of water, 

 or a cutting draught of cold air, will often 

 cause the buds to drop. Be extremely 

 careful not to give an excess of fire heat 

 when it becomes necessary, and maintain 

 a genial growing atmosphere of 45. 



Cinerarias and Calceolarias. Remove 

 dead leaves, if there are any on the plants ; 



