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It is often found, in the case of those who have 

 next to no experience in pine - culture, that young 

 pines after they are shifted are kept far too wet. I 

 have taken the soil out of the pots and squeezed the 

 water out of it. No more fatal course can be pur- 

 sued at any stage of their growth, but particularly in 

 spring when newly shifted. 



SUCCESSION PLANTS SUMMER AND AUTUMN 



TREATMENT. 



Eaise the night temperature by the end of April 

 to 70° when the weather is dull, but when the 

 pineries can be shut up with sun-heat the thermo- 

 meter may range to 75° at 10 p.m. with advantage, 

 falling to 70° towards morning. With a proportion- 

 ate amount of atmospheric moisture the plants wiU 

 now begin to grow freely. The increase of light and 

 sun-heat will render a less amount of fire-heat suffi- 

 cient, and, as a general rule, the state of the weather 

 admits of a more liberal supply of air being given. 

 This enables the cultivator to push forward his early 

 plants without the danger of drawing them, which 

 exists at an earlier period of the year. 



In order to keep up the temperature with as little 

 fire-heat as possible, air should be given early in the 

 morning, almost as soon as the sun strikes the glass, 

 and increased as formerly directed, so that the shut- 

 ting up may take place at an earlier hour than is 

 usual. This allows of the maximum temperature 

 while there is yet a strong light, and husbands the 

 heat of the sun for the evening. The steaming- 

 troughs should be filled up every day when the pinery 

 is shut up, and at the same time the paths and walls 



