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may be further increased by adding to these 

 dwarf trees a couple of currant bushes, a 

 white and a red, and three or four raspberry 

 plants. The dwarf cherries and plums, culti- 

 vated in large pots or in boxes, like the pome- 

 granates and Persian lilacs, will bloom perfectly 

 on the terrace. You can purchase them all pre- 

 pared. They will " load heavily," as the French 

 gardeners say, and it will be a lively satisfaction 

 to you to gather their ripe fruits, some time before 

 the usual time of their ripening ; for, placed on 

 the terrace, they are in the best of situations for 

 enabling them to work energetically, and force 

 their fruits forward to early maturity. 



Forced Dwarf Fruit Trees. 

 Is it your desire to have ripe cherries and 

 plums to eat so early as April or May ? a 

 time when, if you have to buy these fruits, you 

 must pay very extravagant prices for them. 

 If this be your wish, it is very easily gratified. 

 About a fortnight after their leaves have fallen, 

 in autumn, remove your dwarf fruit trees (which 

 I suppose to be in pots) from the terrace into the 



