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stages of growth, will be in some localities superseded by the 

 more natural and invigorating heat of the sun. At the same 

 time, if a period of dull, wet, and comparatively cold weather 

 should occur, careful attention must be paid to the atmo- 

 sphere of all pine-pits. The pipes should be heated so as to 

 keep the atmosphere from becoming stagnant, and from sink- 

 ing much below the maximum temperature. Succession 

 plants now in their fruiting-pots and growing rapidly require 

 to be very carefully supplied with air, so as to prevent a 

 weak and sappy growth. The state of the weather at this 

 season generally admits of a more liberal supply of air being 

 given. Those intended for early fruiting next year should, 

 by the end of the month, be large plants, with their pots 

 well filled with roots, and requiring careful attention in the 

 matter of watering. On the afternoons of fine days these 

 and all succession stock should be syringed through a fine 

 rose, to moisten the surface of the leaves without causing 

 much water to accumulate about their axils, producing a 

 tendency to throw up suckers, and diverting their energies 

 from the centres. The night temperature should range at 

 75, and when the nights are cold it may drop to 70 at 

 6 A.M. Early-started Queens will now be all cut, and the 

 suckers they have produced ready to be potted. 6 and 7 

 inch pots will be sufficiently large for these. In plunging 

 these, give them plenty of room, and keep them near the 

 glass. Shade when bright till they make roots 2 inches 

 long. When they begin to grow freely, give plenty of air 

 to keep them stocky. If fruiting plants for another year 

 be scarce, some of the finest of these early suckers may.be 

 potted into their fruiting-pots by-and-by, and successfully 

 fruited next summer. Where a quantity of fruit is ripe at 

 one time, remove the plants to a cool fruit-room. Fruit 

 swelling off may be pushed on if necessary with a high tem- 

 perature from sun-heat by shutting up early. The thermo- 

 meter may rise from 95 to 100 for a while, with a corre- 



