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house or pit where a temperature from 60 to 80, 

 or 85 degs. is maintained ; they should also be so 

 arranged that the shoots, as they advance, can be 

 trained immediately under the glass, and be exposed 

 as much as possible to the light. The front kerbs 

 and back shelves of pine-pits are suitable places, and 

 the partial shade that the vines afford benefit the 

 pines during three or four of the summer mouths. 

 Where there is only a vinery, they may be trained 

 between the permanent vines, or in any other place 

 where the cultivator can make room for them. As 

 the shoots advance, train them carefully, and stop the 

 laterals as they appear. When first potted, the 

 plants will want but little water ; but it must be gra- 

 dually increased as the pots become filled with roots ; 

 they will then require it regularly during their 

 growth, and manure-water may occasionally be given, 

 although the quantity they demand the first season is 

 small in comparison to what they require afterwards. 

 The most suitable length of cane for pots is from four 

 to six feet ; but if, from any peculiarity in the house, 

 in which they are to be fruited, a longer length may 

 be required, they should be left accordingly, as the 

 vine will grow strong enough for fruiting, eight, or 

 even ten feet long. After it has grown a foot more 

 than the length required the next season, it should be 

 stopped ; three or four of the upper laterals, how- 

 ever, may be allowed to grow at a few joints, to pre- 



