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are returned into the bed, plunge the pots to half their depth 

 only, (this should be observed at all other settings, as there is 

 nothing so injurious to a pine plant as too much bottom heat,) 

 giving plenty of room, and a gentle watering. Keep the house 

 rather warm for the first week, till the heat of the bed returns'. 

 Give air whenever the weather will permit, watering about 

 twice a week in hot dry weather, and sprinkle with the engine 

 frequently when the house is shut up in the evening. There 

 will be no farther attention necessary till the fruit is swelled 

 to its full size, and begins to ripen, then all waterings should 

 be discontinued, and a free circulation of air admitted, to bring 

 the fruit to its full flavour. 



The large sorts of pines that do not fruit at so early a period, 

 i*equire to be kept growing through another season. Cultivate 

 the first season as above, but at the last potting in August 

 or September use pots from ten to twelve inches in diameter, 

 and keep the air of the house between 60° or 65° till the end 

 of January or beginning of February ; at that time raise the 

 heat 2° or 3°, to encourage the plants to grow. 



Early in March shake the balls entirely from the roots, and 

 fresh pot them into pots eight inches in diameter. By the middle 

 or end of May their roots will begin to get matted, conse- 

 quently they will require to be fresh potted into pots two sizes 

 larger than the last. At the end of August, or beginning of 

 September, they should be put into their fruiting pots. At 

 this shifting they will require pots from fourteen to sixteen 

 inches in diameter. In setting, plunge the pots to half their 

 depth, give them a gentle watering to settle the mould amongst 

 the roots, keeping the air in the house rather warm for ten 

 days after shifting, to encourage their rooting freely, that is 65 c ; 

 and this is the tempei'ature which should be maintained from 

 the time of first lighting fires in the autumn till the middle of 

 January. The mould in the pots should be kept rather dry 

 till the middle of January, when the top heat should be in- 

 creased to 70°, and water freely given to induce the plants to 

 fruit. From this time to the maturity of their fruit, the usual 

 management is adopted, excepting keeping the air of the house 

 three or four degrees higher during the spring months. 



" The rules that I have laid down in this communication, 

 all apply to the treatment of pine plants that are intended to 

 give a general summer crop. Where ripe fruit is required 

 earlier or later, the different pottings, &c must be varied ac- 

 cordingly, and be done earlier or later as the fruit may be 

 required to come in for use at an earlier or later season. The 

 compost mould to be used at all the pottings should be strong 



