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tree is in full leaf. Orange and lemon trees are usually kept more 

 for ornament than use, and in many cases they are little adapted 

 for either. Healthy orange trees are the exception, and scraggy, 

 denuded subjects, the rule. This is more to be wondered at, as 

 they are naturally of a free, hardy growth. The principal points 

 in their growth is to drain the tubs well, give them fresh, loamy 

 soil, mixed with about one-sixth charcoal — let them have a plenti- 

 ful supply of water while making young shoots, with occasional 

 sy ringings over the foliage. If placed out of doors during summer, 

 cover the surface of the soil with moss or some such material, water 

 regularly, but with discrimination. Towards the fall let the water- 

 ings be less frequent to hasten the solidification of the young wood, 

 aud from the 1st of November to the end of February give no wa- 

 ter at all, unless they are under the influence of much artificial 

 heat, which they ought not to be ; if managed as above they will 

 winter well in a close house or cellar without heat, 10 or 12 de- 

 grees of frost will do them no injury. 



Grapes in doors. — In cold houses all will be at rest, vines tied 

 down horizontally until they break into growth. There is no fruit 

 bearing plant of equal importance, so easily managed as the grape. 

 Failures may be traced in the majority of cases, to extra care, 

 rather than neglect. Those who have no accommodation but a 

 greenhouse may still regale themselves with this delicious fruit, by 

 growing a few in pots. Now is the time to set about it. This system of 

 growing grapes is practised to a large extent, and very fair crops secured. — 

 single buds are selected from stout, well ripened wood, potted singly in small 

 pots, and placed in a warm temperature ; they are shifted progressively, and 

 receive every encouragement to make a strong growth. Shoots twenty feet 

 long by the end of August are attained in this w r ay. We have seen grapes, 

 not a single bunch, but in quantities, from plants fifteen months old. These 

 have to be grown in a high temperature ; in a greenhouse they will require 

 two years' growth before fruiting. Cuttings put down at this time may be 

 placed in a 6 inch pot when well rooted, to remain for one year; give them 

 plenty of water during summer, and do not pinch or prune any of the shoots 

 — the growth will mature early in the fall. In November prune them down 

 to eyes and place them under the stage in the greenhouse ; on the first indi- 

 cation of growth, which will be early in the following February, shift into- 

 larger pots, in decayed turfy soil, always paying particular attention to 



