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FRUIT CULTURE UNDER GLASS. 



there are many grown, it would be best to have two 

 divisions of such a house the one for starting them, 

 and the other for fruiting them in. I shall, however, 



FIG. 21. 



treat of strawberry-forcing in a general way, as if no 

 such house were at command, and as being most likely 

 to meet the case of the greatest number of readers. 



FORCING. 



For very early forcing, it is of much importance to 

 aid them with a gentle bottom-heat, which can easily 

 be effected by plunging them in a bed of leaves or tan 

 near the glass, where the bottom-heat ranges about 

 75; and when they have started into growth, they 

 can then be moved to shelves near the glass in early 



