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up the heat of tlie bed, by applying a lining of frelh hoc 

 dung, when the heat declines much. 



Winter Cherry, or Amomum PliniL 



The winter cherry, or amomum Plinii, is much efteemed 

 for its beautiful red fruit, which it bears in winter. This 

 plant is eafily raifedfrom feed ; this is the feafon to few it, 

 and the method is this : 



Fill fome pots with rich earth, fow the feed on the fur-- 

 face, and cover it with light earth, about the third part of 

 an inch ; then plunge the pots to their rims in a moderate 

 hot-bed, and water them frequently. 



When the plants are come up, and about three inches 

 high, they may be planted fmgly into fmall pots, and 

 placed in a gentle hot-bed, where they will tal<e root and 

 grow furprifmgly, for they are naturally of a quick growth. ■ 



They may afterwards be planted into larger pots, and 

 placed in the open air, till the latter end of Odlober, and. 

 be then tuken into the green-houfe. 



Solving Kernels of Oranges for Stocks <, 



Now is the time to fow the kernels of oranges and ' 

 lemons, in order to raifeilocks to bud any of thefe kindj^ 

 of trees upon. 



The befl method of fowing thefe kernels is this : fill 

 fome middle-fized pots with very good earth ; fow the 

 kernels in the pots, and cover them half an inch deep with 

 earth ; then plunge the pots into a hot-bed, and let them 

 be frequently watered. See the Green-houfe next month,; ' 



The Hot-House, 



Pines. • ' . r 



.ft 'Ju . 



^T~^ H E pines will now, in general, fhew fruit ; that is, 

 X futh as are fruiting plants j they muft therefore have 

 good attendance. 



Examine the bark-bed, and fee if there is a proper heat, 

 for upon that depends the fuccefs of having handfome 

 and fuU-fized fr'uit. The great article is to preferve a free 

 growth in thefe fruii, from their firll appearance to the 

 ^me of their maturity ; this aiuft be done by keeping the 



I bark- 



