THE STRAWBERRY. 



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exact treatment required. "Where there are many 

 grown, it would be best to have two divisions of such 

 a house — the one for starting them, and the other for 



£.6 



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fruiting them in. I shall, however, treat of straw- 

 berry-forcing in a general way, as if no such house were 

 at command, as being most likely to meet the case of 



the greatest number of readers. 



FOECING. 



For very early forcing, it is of much importance to 

 aid them with a gentle bottom-heat, which can easily 

 be eflfected by plunging them in a bed of leaves or tan 

 near the glass, where the bottom-heat ranges about 75° ; 

 and when they have started into growth, they can then be 



