MANAGEMENT FOR THE SECOND YEAR. 69 
eulture, vhan allowing a house to be closed until it becomes 
hot, and admitting at once a great quantity of cold air; in 
grape growing, it leads to the most baneful results. Open 
soon, and close early, ought to be a maxim well riveted 
on the mind. Always have a thermometer hanging mid- 
way in the house, about four feet from the ground, and 
shaded from the sun; observe it closely, and be guided 
by it, and experience in ventilating will soon be acquired, 
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Attention for a little while will teach, that early closing 
tends to regulate the heat in the after part of the day, and 
a due observance will lead to exact adaptability. 
As the flowers continue to open, go over the house 
once a day, and shake the bunches by a light flirt of the 
finger, which assists in distributing the pollen, and enables 
impregnation to go on with more P cckcuiey: This opera- 
tion is best if performed in the morning, about the time or 
immediately after giving air, as the flowers of all plants 
are then in greater activity, and consequently there is the 
chance of more perfect fertilization. There are certain 
kinds, as the Alexandrian Muscat and its allies,—purple 
damask, &c., which do not readily fertilize with their own 
pollen in a*cold house; that may be much assisted by 
shaking over the flowers a bunch of Hamburgh or other 
hardy sort, an eee more ee ~~ is is required 
for ripening. 
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When Plomoaing se jus. aad the bovue are fairly 
set, a good syringing over-head will clean all the decayed — p 
portions of flowers which cling to and among the berries — 
