58 THE FORCING GARDENER,. j~B. I. 



SECTION VI. 



On Watering^ Wafting, and Steaming tie Cherry Houfe. 



AFTER planting, let the mould be fet- 

 tled to the roots of the plants by a 

 moderate watering ; and, if the houfe re- 

 main uncovered the firft feafon, little at- 

 tention, except in dry weather, will be re- 

 quired in this article. Let due attention, 

 however, be paid the fecond year, to keep 

 the border in a moderately moift ft ate, that 

 the plants may grow freely :, and, when 

 their growth is flopt for the Feafon, with- 

 hold the water, that the wood may ripen 

 perfectly before they -are expofed to the 

 weather. 



From the commencement of the forcing, 

 give plentiful waterings to the border, un- 

 til the bloom begins to open ; and then 

 in a more moderate degree,, till the fruit 

 is fairly, fet. After which, again increafe 

 the quantity, till the fruit begins to co- 

 lour ; and then diminifh it by degrees, till 

 it be entirely withheld, which ought to be 



done 



