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root ; dewing over the leaves onl) on occasions, and 

 in fits of better weather, that often intervene in 

 autumn. 



OftJie Succession and Fruiting Pits. 



What is said above will apply to both these com- 

 partments of the pinery, except with respect to the 

 temperature ; which must be kept, especially after 

 fire-heat becomes necessary, as nearly to 65 as pos- 

 sible ; and in sunshine, by the free admission of air, 

 to about 7O or 72. 



By covering at night with canvas covers, or with 

 mats, fuel may be saved in any, or in all of these 

 compartments for some weeks ; but where fuel is 

 not very dear, the expence is not eqr.il to the 

 trouble, and the risk of breaking glass. These co- 

 vers are certainly most eligible in severe weather 

 in winter, when, by their application, fuel to a very 

 considerable extent may be saved, and that at no 

 greater risk of breaking glass, than at another time, 

 when only a little fuel might be necessary. This 

 consideration alone is a sufficient reason for growing 

 pine-apples in these pits, instead of large stoves, that 

 are difficult to manage, and where the temperature 

 in winter is kept up at much expence. The reader 

 may see more on this subject, by turning to Sect. I, 

 on the Construction of the Pinery, 



MELONS. 



Of growing late Melons in a Flued Pit^ 

 The reader is referred to this article for July. 

 About the beginning of the month, it will be pro* 



