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rr er to be wholly, or in a great part.Venovated every autumn The new bark or tan that is to be added rtiould confta-itlr 



°'ir'"^' ,.^ . ^ ^ f, . . r cc ''^ '!"'°^-''" "P '"to heaps for eight or ten days before it ii 



There are different forts or fizes of bark made ufe of for ernployed, in ord^r tliat it may drain and f.veeten ; as when 



the conitn.6iion ot thele beds, as coarfe, middling, and fmall ■ ^ '" ^ ■ 



The firil kind is the longell in taking on heat, an 



id fmall. ufed whii.- wa from the tanpit, it is apt not only to cak 

 d lo apt 111 the beds, but fomctimes to heat violently. 



to heat violently at the begmnnig, but is of the longed dur- It is necclTary, as foon as th^ beds have been rrade, to 

 Btion. The fecond fort heats k.oner, is more regular, and thrud (licks into the bark in different parts, in order that 

 pretty durable in us efTeas But the laft kind heats the they raay be draivn up occafionaiiy to afcertain the heat of 

 <juicke!t, yet it is the weakelt, ana loonelt becomes earthy, them. 



confcquenth' the lead proper for the purpofe. Where there The beds, in the fird method of making them, «-ill in 

 lsacho.ceofthematcnal,themida!efort, oramixtureofit general be of a proper temperature for the reception of 

 and t,ie co^rfe, diould coodantly be preferred, admitting as plants in about ten days or a fortnight, as the examination 

 littre of the fmall as poffible , and care (liould be taken that of the Hicks will flicw. If they be intended for pines or 

 it be perfeaiy frcfh from the vat of the t?nner. When the other plants that require pots, they mud be phin?ed immc- 

 bark !S wet after being brought home, it is a good praftice diately into tht bark, no earth being nL-cefTary af in other 

 to throw It lip into heaps or ridges for a few days, in order forts of hot-beds ; and in performing this bufinefs, it is of 

 that It may be drained and rendered more dry, as without utility to have a board placed acrofs the beds or p-ts to 

 fuch precaution the proccfs of fermentation may be too dand or kneel upon, and thereby prevent the bark from 

 much retarded. , . , , ^ , . „ , being trodden too clofe. The pots containing the plant. 



The penods of making beds of this nature mud be regu- muft be placed to fuitable depths, accordin^r to the difTirence* 

 lated by circumdances; but where they are intended for in the degrees of heat in the beds, in order to be ultimately 

 pine-apple plants, they fliould be prepared about the latter let down to their rims. Wiien the heat of the beds is 

 end of September or beginning of Oaober, in order that fliown by the tr\-ing dicks to be on the decline, it will be 

 they may afford a good heat during tlie winter feafon : but proper to redore it by diixing up or turning ove'r the bark, 

 ■when the raifing of plants from feeds, cuttings, &c. or the which, when of the large or middle fort, will fcldom re- 

 forcing of culinar)- vegetables, and fruits or flowers, are the quire any increafe of new tan. 



principal objefts, the fpring may be the mod fuitable time, In accomplidiing this bufinefs, it may be performed 

 as in January or March. For particular ufes they may, either in the manner direfted above, or, after removing the 

 however, be made at any period. pots, by beginning at one of the ends, and forking up the 



In forming the beds, the tan or bark, prepared as above, whole of the bark to the bottom, afterwards breaking the 

 is thrown into the pits that are condruAed for it; and where lumps and turning aU the bark over, the pots with the plants 

 there is old, the new bark well mixed and blended with it, by being direftly redored. The fame operation is to be re- 

 means of the tan-fork, quite to the bottom ; then it is the peated as often as the decline of heat may render it ncc;(i'arv, 

 praftice to begin at one end and carry them on to the full and fuch additions of fredi bark be made as may be required, 

 breadth anddcpth, without treading upon them, as that would but in common, not more than two or three turnings are 

 render the bark too folid for the procefs of fermentation. It is requifite. The additions of frcfh tan diould modly be 

 Tiecedary to raife the furfacesof thebedsabout threcor four in- made about the beginning of March or April, the crumbly 

 ches higher than the tops or copings of the beds or pits, in or- earthy parts of the old bark being cleared away, 

 der to allow for the fettling that may take place. In the niak- The making of new beds is modly performed as has been 

 ing of this fort of hot-beds for the purpofe of raifing pine- feen above in the autumn, about September or Octob->r, at 

 apples, the author of the " Scotch Forcing Gardener,' in afcer they have remained ten or twelve months, the bark is 

 order to avoid the danger of too much bottom heat, never much exhaufled both in heat and fubdance, and becomes 

 admits of the tan being fifted, or of more than one eighth earthy. This earthy pnrt is to be now feparated bv means of 

 part of new tan being added, which is introduced by flcim- the fcreen, and new bark added, the whole beino- well bler.ded 

 ming off a portion of the old tan from the furface ; by this together with the fork. When the whole of the old taa 

 means the new tan is not fuffered to come within a foot of appears earthy, it is the bed method to clear the pit out en- 

 the furface of the bed, and of courfe the pots are entirely tirely, and make the bed up altogether of new bark. See 

 plunged in the old tan. It is his general practice to depolit Hot-House. 



half of the quantity of new tan that may be added, in the Bark-^siW, a difeafe wliich has been fuppoftd common 

 bottom of the trench, and blend the other half equally with to fruit and other trees, and to be capable of being cured by 

 theold, till within a foot of the top of the bed. And in trench- making a flit or opening through the bark, in a longitudinal 

 ing over the beds, it is his cudom to throw the fides to the diredion, from the top of the tree or bough to the bottom, 

 middle, and the middle to the fides, in order that the old tan about February or March; and if the gaping be prettv con- 

 may be incorporated in an equal manner with the new. fiderable, to till it up with cow-dung, or fome other ilmilar 

 It is contended, that in this manner of preparing the beds, compofiiion. This is probably not fo frequently a difeafe as 

 they will be " of a mild and equal temperature from the has been believed by gardeners, as the imperfect growth of 

 fird, and continue much in the fame date for three or four trees often caufes fuch appearances. 



months;" and that after the f.rd filling, they will be at- BARK-^a//;/)f, is when trees are galled by thorns or by 

 tended with but httle expence for new tan. It is obvious that being bound to dakes, &c. It is cured by clay laid on the 

 the filling the pits of new pineries, in the above intention, gallef^ place, and bound on with hay ropes. 

 Ihould cither be performed fome time before the plants are Bark-/*;'/, a pit orcavity of a long, fqaare, or otherform, a 



to be introduced, or the tan be well fv/eated down and re- yardormovc in depth, appertainiugtoahot-houfe or dove, ice. 

 duced by frequent turning over in an open fhed or other and being formed internally, or detached externally, in which 

 convenient place ; and in thefe cafes it is even advifed not to make tan or bark hot-beds, commonly called bark-beds, 

 to plunge the pots more than half their depths into the The dimenfions are four, five, or fix feet in width, or more, 

 beds for thefirft two or three months after they hare been having length in proportion to that of the hot-houfe, &c. 

 filled. and whea in detached pits, fuch as may be required. Ig 



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