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for bringing forward plants, regard need not be paid to 

 external or internal appearance — as the plants, when of 

 proper size or ready for blooming, will be transferred to 

 the conservatory. 



Gardeners, not provided with suitable means, cannot be 

 expected to give the same satisfaction to their employers as 

 those who have every thing to accomplish their object. 

 The question would not so frequently be asked, "Why 

 does this species show such a vigorous growth, while that 

 one seems to be drawing out a lingering death?" and both 

 under the same roof and apparently equal treatment. If it 

 is answered that "the treatment applicable to one is not 

 beneficial to the other," this is often deemed a mere excuse 

 of the gardener. Gentlemen who are acquainted with 

 plants are aware, on a moment's reflection, of the true 

 cause; for while some species thrive in a dense wood, 

 where the rays of the sun never shine, others are found on 

 arid sands and sun-burnt rocks in the highest state of lux- 

 uriance and vigor. Is not this a sufficient proof that the 

 cultivation of plants cannot be carried to a high degree 

 unless appropriate houses are devoted to that object? 



Large houses have a fine appearance when filled with 

 good sized plants in a healthy condition, but those who 

 wish to keep them in such a state, and, at the same time, 

 bring forward new plants of small size, should bear in 

 mind that this cannot be well done without the aid of an 

 intermediate house, where the plants may have that proper 

 treatment which will afterwards keep them in a growing 

 condition. 



Should these hints be the means of calling attention to 

 this subject, the object of the writer will be accomplished. 



Yours, C. J. Ryan. 



Astoria, New York, Jan. 1844. 



Art. IV. O/i Summer Pruning of Fruit Trees : with a 

 few observations on training trees in the pyramidal or 

 en quenoulle form. By R. Carmichael. 



It has been suggested to me that I have not sufficiently 

 described, at length, the system of pruning which I laid 



