100 THE VEGETABLE CULTIVATOR. 



gardener to George the Third ; but from his pride 

 his career was of short duration. 



In raising plants for the purposes of a stove, the 

 seed may be sown either at the end of September 

 or the beginning of October ; but it must be ob- 

 served, that in the stove there should be a projection 

 of the back flue to within eighteen inches or two 

 feet of the bearer ; on which projection boxes or 

 pots with the plants are to be set. When they are 

 of sufficient growth to plant in pots, there may be 

 one, two, or three plants set in each ; that of three 

 in a 48 size is principally for large pots ; but such as 

 are planted in boxes, either double or single, will 

 be found the most eligible : the boxes can be readily 

 placed on bricks, when the top of the flue is found 

 to be too warm. The soil for planting should be 

 rich, but not over light, and by no means sifted ; 

 and two or three inches of short dung laid at the 

 bottom will be of service. 



As soon as it is observed that the plants break 

 into runners, after being stopped at the third joint, 

 they should be carefully turned out of their pots, 

 and placed an inch below the surface ; and from 

 the state of moisture in the pots, more or less water 

 should be given. Here they are to be trained to 

 sticks as high as the bearers, and afterwards turned 

 down over the path, where most likely they will, 

 by proper attention to water, &c., bear abundantly. 

 In such situations it is astonishing to see the quan- 

 tity of fruit so produced, growing over your head 

 with only the glass parting them from the snow. Such 

 was the state they were in when the author paid a 

 visit to Kew, where they were cultivated in the 



