Grape Vine ; the system which he adapts in |-r<».luci 

 enormous lota of Pine-apples may form the subject o 



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ts with them - soil is kept in a uniform healthy state. Syringii 



instead of being driven into them with a man's ft 

 strength. The plants which are attached to blocks w 

 need an occasional slight syringing, to prever* * u — 



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for each Vine, an'l introducing their n 

 je. Two houses 90 feet long were so 

 b day, and under precisely the same 

 ; in fact, both houses were planted in I 



The other (January '.nh) i 



by the'-nd ot 1'ebnu 



.,wn t<i [r-ir .••:.• r- wl .. !' ,r<v tii. <v Viri^- during 



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tys, that the foliage is more like t" 



Calendar of Operations. 



may be done in unfavourable weather which will tend 

 materially to forward the future work. Among these 

 may be mentioned making besoms, coal baskets, Orchid 

 baskets, and rustic baskets for the flower- garden and 

 shrubbery in summer ; making, painting, and writing 

 or priming labels; washing and painrh • 

 other woodwork ; washing | 



:upied in doing the 



or other impenetrable mat : 



u lumps of turfy peat, mixed with rough 

 cessary to keep the leaf-mould and peat h 



■ moist That 



potsherds, or ; ^fely^ddTd. 



The sphagmr , isture from 



the necessity of watering, extr 



early to keep up a sufficiency 

 always be of the 





the plants from 

 ravages, me peat and leaf-mould should be thoro 



order that all animal life may be destroyed before they 

 are used. This points out another advantage wh' * 



latter, besides being unsightly, affords a certain harbour 

 for insects. As the plants commence their growth 



have only one ; but it is impossible to grow them to per- 

 fection unless you are able to keep the dormant plants 

 cool and dry, and those in a growing 



be well spent. It is very tantalising to find tin 



want of a little more care on the part of your propagator 

 As this is the season for making alterations in the layinj 



course intended to be permanent, it will be found mon 



■MM time. These remark 



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 soil, and the taking up and re 



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\ im:uik>— A little ingenuity is necessary t< 

 young rods break regularly at this season ; it i 

 managed by binding them down to the bottom 



the buds nearest the base, above their more precocious 



; exceeding 55° by night, until they are 



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days at this season will do irreparable injury in this 

 respect. Rub off all buds which do not show fruit, 

 as soon as they are distinguishable, except where 

 an additional spur is required. If useless shoots are 

 allowed to remain, they exhaust the stored up energies of 

 the plant,which ought to be devoted to better purposes,and 

 by the time they are able to elaborate sap, either for 

 themselves or their neighbours, they must be cut out of 



as much as possible of this space should be monopolise* 

 by the leaves of the fruit-bearing spurs. It is no les 



-how fruit ; if the Vines happen to be in first-rate con 

 dition, probably every bud will show a bunch or two 

 but to allow them all to remain would cause disappoint 

 ment in this year's crop, and materially injure" nex 

 year's also. As soon as the most promising shows cai 

 be distinguished, they should be reduced to a numbe 



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manure, except on very stiff land; to grow Asparagus 

 and Seakale in perfection it is essential, and I find a 

 Ksstod by its use in the bulk and 



troubled. For general crops, about I lb. to the square 



yard will be sufficient ; this should be sprinkled evenly 



the ground when it is bare, and, if dry, forked in 



diately. To the crops of Seakale and Asparagus 



s quantity may be given ; it should be spread 





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