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in pots of light earth, an inch deep, and place them 

 any where in the hot-houfe, give very moderate water- 

 ings, and they will blow agreeably at an early feafon. 

 Vines in the Hot-houfe, 



Grape vines planted along the outfide of the front 

 of the hot-houfe, three feet fix inches afunder, and the 

 ftem, or main fhoot being left of fome confiderable length, 

 and condudted through a hole in the upright wood work 

 in front, int© the hot-houfe, where being trained up the 

 infide and under the floping glafles, they will bear fine 

 early grapes, with but very little trouble. 



They will only require an annual pruning early in win- 

 ter, and a fummer dreffing, to regulate the fhoots of the 

 year : each as directed for the vines in the open ground. 



Preparing for forcing fruit-trees in hot nualls, ^c. 



In this month you may begin to prepare for forcing 

 fruit trees in hot walls, vineries, cherry houfes, and other 

 forcing departments by fire, or bark bed, &c. or both, to 

 produce early fruit ; and the forts of trees for this pur- 

 pofe, are peaches, neftarines, apricots, cherries, vines, 

 figs, and occafionally goofeberries, currants, rafpberries, 

 and alfo ftrawberry plants. 



Obferving the trees of all the above forts may now be 

 planted, if not done before, in the border of the forcing 

 departments, and fome alfo in pots to remove therein 

 occafionally : and for which purpofe have already trained 

 trees, that are arrived to a bearing ftate, which may be 

 obtained in great perfeftion in moll of the public nur- 

 feries ; generally plant a principal fupply of wall-trees 

 againft the back wall, and fome againft the upright front 

 glaffes, ten feet afunder; having a trellis of flight thin 

 railing, &c. eredled, on which to train the branches of 

 the trees in regular order; and plant alfo fome in fmall 

 headed ftandards, both as dwarfs, half and full ftandard 

 trees, efpecially duke cherries. 



Towards the end of this month, put on all the glafles 

 of thefe forcing departments, to defend the trees from 

 the weather, preparatory to forcing, which may be com- 

 menced the middle or latter end of January, by making 

 fires in the different forcing places, or by back-bed or 

 dung heat, in a pit within fide ; or by hot dung applied 

 to the outfide of the back wall, &c. 



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