184 WINTER MANAGEMENT OF PINES. 



pots and add new in its place, this will revive 

 the heat and prove very beneficial. 



WINTER MANAGEMENT OF PINES. 



Par. 17. During the winter season, very mo- 

 derate admissions of air should be allowed, and 

 very little water will be required, particularly 

 through the months of November, December, 

 and January, the plants being during that period 

 not in a state to require it, as they make little or 

 no progress in their growth ; therefore merely 

 apply a little water to the earth in the pots, when 

 it appears dry, probably not more than once in 

 two or three weeks, as the dry or moist state of 

 the weather will dictate ; but when the plants 

 begin to move, towards the end of January, and 

 in February, or they begin to shew fruit, the 

 watering will require to be more frequent. The 

 air should be admitted only on mild days, while 

 the sun is out, and that in the middle of the day, 

 from half an hour to an hour or two or more, as 

 the state of the weather will permit; but shut 

 the house close when a cold unkind air prevails, 

 and so be guided on till the spring. Observe 



