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beginning of May, as the plants wou!4 

 lail many years, and bring good crops 

 every year ; becaufe at that feafon the 

 weather is fine, and they may have a great 

 quantity of air to ftrengthen them ; for, 

 as I faid before, it is impoffible to force 

 *very early without drawing the plants. 



y INES in fuch houfes .are fubject to pufli 

 .out many fhoots from the old wood, 

 which mould be conflantly rubbed off : 

 they alfo pufh roots, which fhould be 

 taken off as foon as they appear. 



GRAPES in a hot-houfe that is ufed for 

 Pjnes in general appear large and fine to 

 the eye, but are moflly inferior in flavour 

 to thofe on hot-walls, with or without 

 glafles, as they cannot be managed as they 

 ought to be, the Pines requiring a very 

 different culture,- and being the principal 

 crop. There fhould be a good border made 

 in the front, on the outfide of the houfe, 

 of the fame materials as before directed, 

 which mould be four inches lower thai) 

 $he level of the ground, except a foot nexfc 



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