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scarcely be indulged in, providing the thermometer 

 can be kept from descending below 60 degrees. 



Slow ripening, if not carried too far, conduces to 

 high flavour, and with vines inclined to shrivel or 

 shank, slow ripening will be found the safest plan. 

 This seems to point to defective elaboration, and that 

 the tree, or rather the leaves, cannot provide matter 

 sufficiently quick to feed the produce, much less to 

 return a surplus to the root to meet the exigencies of 

 the coming year. 



Rest. — There is no real necessity for turning vines 

 out during the resting season, providing they are kept 

 in a somewhat low temperature in doors, and where 

 they will be occasionally moistened in the bark and 

 receive a little air. The thermometer, during this 

 period, need not be much above 32 degrees, and 

 should not be allowed to range above 55 degrees. 



If they are turned out, let them, by all means, re- 

 ceive protection from frost. They will bear a mode- 

 rate amount, but will be found much better laid flat 

 on the ground and covered with ordinary litter. 



CALENDAR. 



The following succinct calendar of in-door vine- 

 culture combines the chief principles of cultivation, 

 applicable conjointly to stove forcing and ordinary 

 greenhouse culture. Instead of arranging the sub- 

 ject in monthly divisions, it has been deemed expe- 



