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wall, and the other row near the back 

 wall, against which they are to be 

 trained. 



Tf early varieties be planted in the 

 front, and the earliest where the flue 

 first enters, these being trained imme- 

 diately over the flue, and at a small dis- 

 tance above it, will ripen first ; and if 

 the lower lights be drawn down in fine 

 weather to the point B, every part of 

 the fruit on the trees which are trained 

 nearly horizontally along the dotted 

 line c, will receive the full influence of 

 the sun. The upper lights must be 

 moved as usual by cords and pulleys, 

 and if these be let down to the point A, 

 after the fruit in the front tree is 

 gathered, every part of the trees on the 

 back wall will be fully exposed to the 

 sun, at any period of the spring and 

 summer, after the middle of April, 

 without the intervention of the glass. 

 A single fireplace will be sufficient 

 for a house fifty feet long, and the 

 foregoing plan and dimensions will be 

 found to combine more advantage than 

 can ever be obtained in a higher or 

 wider house. Both the walls and the flue 

 must stand on arches, to permit the 

 roots of the trees to extend themselves 

 in every direction beyond the limits of 

 the walls, for whatever be the more re- 

 mote causes of mildew, the immediate 

 cause generally appears to be want of 

 moisture beneath the soil, combined 

 with excess of moisture or dampness 

 above it. A bar of wood must extend 

 from B to D, opposite the middle of 

 each lower light, to support it when 

 drawn down. Knight's Select Papers. 



The soil, culture, and pruning are 

 the same as required for those trees 

 grown on walls. 



Forcing in Pots is a very excellent 

 mode, and enables the Peach to be thus 

 grown in establishments where there is 

 no regular Peach-house. Pot a three- 

 years'-old tree in a twelve-inch pot, cut- 

 ting it back to four buds; and shift 

 every year until it has attained an 

 eighteen-inch pot, a size which need 

 never be exceeded. Let the soil be 

 turfy, and mixed with decaying wood 

 from the bottom of an old wood stock. 



Commencing forcing and temperature. 

 The best and most successful direc- 

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tions on these points are the following, 

 given by Mr. W. PIntchinson, gardener 

 ; at Eating ton Park. He says "Bring 

 the trees into the house in mild wea- 

 ther during November, a little earlier 

 or later according to the state of the 

 weather; do not start them all, how- 

 ever, at once ; the last lot need not be 

 put in until the first of January. Any 

 later than this would not answer, as the 

 weather, if clear, is then hot through 

 the day : commence forcing them at 55 

 at night, allowing the thermometer to 

 fall to 50 in the morning, if cold; but 

 if the weather is mild, never to fall 

 below 55, and from that to 60, is the 

 j usual temperature kept up throughout 

 j the period of forcing during the night ; 

 i during the day I make up for low night 

 ' temperature, when I have -the chance, 

 by sun heat. Do not be fastidious 

 about a few degrees : to get it high 

 enough is the main point, say from 70 

 to 85 and 90, until the fruit is stoned, 

 then keep them very hot during the 

 clay, viz., from 95 to 105, and some- 

 times even as high as 110. Of course 

 a great deal of moisture is required 

 with this high temperature; syringe 

 over head twice a day, and sometimes 

 oftener when the air is diy, and you 

 will scarcely ever be troubled with 

 either green fly or red spider. Watering 

 at the root must be carefully attended 

 to ; very little is wanted until the trees 

 get covered with leaves, but after the 

 fruit is stoned they should be watered 

 plentifully. Of course the watering 

 must be gradually withdrawn as the 

 fruit approaches maturity, in order to 

 increase their flavour." Gard. Chron. 



"When the blossoms are well opened, 

 impregnation should be aided by ap- 

 plying the pollen with a camel's-hair 

 pencil. 



One essential for securing vigorous 

 production in the peach-house is to 

 have the roots of the trees well nou- 

 rished. If these are not duly supplied 

 with moisture and food during the time 

 the fruit is setting and swelling, a fail- 

 ure of the crop is inevitable. To secure 

 such a supply, it is a most effectual 

 | treatment to give the border a top- 

 f dressing, at the close of February, of 

 i charred turf. Liquid manure and water, 



