THE FIG. 191 



past them, and tliey will grow more in proportion with 

 those higher up. 



With the syringings recommended and a moist atmos- 

 phere they will not require water applied immediately 

 to their roots for some time — not at least till they have 

 formed some leaves, and have begun 'to grow freely. 

 Even then avoid giving them too copious a supply. 

 Just give sufficient in conjunction with the syringings 

 to prevent their being checked injuriously for want of 

 it ; otherwise the tendency to produce strong growths 

 wUl be promoted. As the season advances and less fire- 

 heat is required, advance the temperature to 65° and to 

 70° at night. As the trees grow more rapidly, give a 

 corresponding amount of air, always in conjunction with 

 sprinklings, to keep the air moist and the foliage free 

 from red-spider. 



Usually the leading shoot pushes away into growth 

 with greater vigour than the lateral ; advantage should 

 be taken of this tendency to manipulate it so as to get 

 it to throw out lateral growths right and left, instead of 

 allowing it to push ahead without doing so, and the 

 following season to have to cut it back to get it to break 

 regularly. There are two ways of handling this leading 

 growth to get it to furnish the wires with horizontal 

 growths the first season. The one is to pinch or rather 

 bruise the point of it a little below each wire, so as to 

 completely check or stop its growth, and cause it to 

 burst into growth at the axils of the leaves, one of 

 which growths is again trained as the leader, to be 

 again stopped for the same purpose, and the other two 

 trained right and left to the wires. This method does 

 not result in so straight and trim a main stem as is 

 the consequence of the second method, which is to 



