56 BRITISH MODES OF CULTIVATING 



Inches diameter Inches 

 at the top, deep. 



2. Pots for plants to fruit the 



following season when 



shifted in March . . Si. 7 



3. Pots for fruiting plants . 114 10 



I wish it to be understood that the above dimen^ 

 sions are only used for full-sized plants, at their dif- 

 ferent periods : plants below the standard must 

 have less^sized pots in proportion. 



Sometimes, he observes, hot-beds are made 

 for the suckers, When that is the case, they 

 should be prepared at least fourteen days before 

 the suckers are taken off, in order that the vio- 

 lence of the heat may be over : after the bed has 

 been made ten days, it should be levelled, and 

 covered eight or ten inches with tan ; and after 

 this has lain four or five days, in case the heat of 

 the bed should not be violent ? the pots may be 

 plunged into it. 



In respect of temperature and water, he advises 

 only a moderate heat, and not much water, during 

 the winter months ; but an increase of both, ac- 

 companied with more air, as the season advances. 



There is nothing, he says, so prejudicial to 

 the Pine-apple plant, (insects and an over-heat of 

 the tan excepted,) as forcing them to grow by 

 making large fires, and keeping the hot-house warm 

 at an improper season ; which is injudiciously done 

 in many hot-houses. It is inconsistent with 



