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ing miioli below tlie maximum temperature. Succession 

 plants now in their fruiting-pots and growing rapidly require 

 to be very carefully supplied with air, so as to prevent a 

 weak and sappy growth. The state of the weather at this 

 season generally admits of a more liberal supply of air being 

 given. Those intended for early fruiting next year should, 

 by the end of the month, be large plants, with their pots well 

 filled with roots, and requiring careful attention in the 

 matter of watering. On the afternoons of fine days these and' 

 all succession stock should be syringed through a fine rose, 

 to moisten the surface of the leaves without causing much 

 water to accumulate about their axils, producing a tendency 

 to throw up suckers, and diverting their energies from the- 

 centres. The night temperature should range at 75°, and' 

 when the nights are cold it may drop to 70° at 6 a.m. Early- 

 started queens will now be aU cut, and the suckers they have 

 produced ready to be potted. 6 and 7 inch pots will be suffi- 

 ciently large for these. In plunging these, give them plenty 

 of room, and keep them near the glass. Shade when bright 

 till they make roots 2 inches long. "When they begin to 

 grow freely, give plenty of air to keep them stocky. If 

 fruiting-plants for another year be scarce, some of the finest of 

 these early suckers may be potted into their fruiting-pots by- 

 and-by, and successfully fruited next summer. Where a, 

 quantity of fruit is ripe at one time, remove the plants to a 

 cool ,fruit-room. Fruit swelling off may be pushed on if 

 necessary with a high temperature from sun-heat by shutting 

 up early. The thermometer may rise from 95° to 100° for a 

 while, with a corresponding amount of moisture. Water 

 them liberally with manure-water, and syringe them over- 

 head every fine afternoon. If a stock of fresh soil for next 

 year is not already stored, now is a good time to do it. 



Grapes. — As houses get cleared of the fruit, keep the- 

 foliage healthy and active as long as possible. Eed-spider ■ 

 must be prevented by keeping the house cool and by frequent' 

 vigorous syringings, and by preventing the borders from 

 becoming too dry. Grapes intended to hang through the 



