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pression of insects, until the flower-buds begin to 

 break ; of which see further in March. 



THE PINERY. 



Of flie Nursery, and Succession Pits. 

 The rules laid down for the management of these 

 compartments of the pinery, last month, are to be 

 followed, with little deviation, throughout this. The 

 same degree of temperature should be kept up ; air 

 must be admitted as freely as the state of the weather 

 will allow ; and water may be given in somewhat 

 larger quantities towards the end of the month, if 

 the weather be not very adverse. 



Of the Fruiting Pit. 



About the beginning of the month, it will be 

 proper to turn over the bark-bed, and add new bark 

 to the extent of an eighth, or perhaps a sixth part. 

 The quantity to be added must depend on the state 

 of the old bark. A lively, but not a violent heat, is 

 now required, in order to start the plants into fruit. 

 Let the bed, therefore, be stirred up to the bottom, 

 and divide the new bark added as equally as possible; 

 keeping it down, however, a full foot under the sur- 

 face, that the pots may be plunged entirely in the 

 old bark. See further of this matter, p. 325. 



Such of the plants as have not yet shewn fruit, 

 are healthy, and stand firm and erect in their pots, 

 need not be shifted, but may be top-dressed ; that is, 

 may have two inches of the old surface-earth taken 

 off; replacing it with fresh mould ; at the same time 



