294 STRAWBERRY PLANTS FOR FORCING. 



the second year, placing the plants on a warm, 

 border during the winter, or in a frame, to have 

 occasional protection in severe weather, this will 

 keep them in good condition for forcing. 



If the plants have grown very strong in the 

 small-size pots, that they appear not likely to 

 have room to receive sufficient nourishment to 

 support them through their fruiting, previous to 

 removing them when they are to be forced, shift 

 them with their entire balls into larger pots, 

 from forty-eights to thirty-twos, or from thirty- 

 twos to twenty-fours, placing a little fresh earth 

 at the bottom of the pots, and fill up the sides 

 thoroughly. In January, or earlier, some plants 

 may be introduced, and a succession continued 

 throughout February, March, and April, accord- 

 ing as the forcing departments will admit. 



FORCING STRAWBERRIES IN THE PINERY. 



Par. 63. Where there is a pinery, or any 

 general hothouse continually in cultivation by 

 artificial heat, some pots of strawberries may be 

 brought in as early as December or January; 

 but about the end of January, and any time in 



