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matter from the pit, a considerable portion may in 

 general be reserved to mix with the new materials. 

 About four feet in depth must be provided, if leaves 

 are to be had, beneath the plunging medium : if, 

 however, the structures are mere frames, they must be 

 kept somewhat higher in order to carry sufficient lin- 

 ings. Whilst carrying through these operations, the 

 plants, of course, must be made secure from sudden 

 depressions of temperature. A coating of fresh tan 

 of about six inches will suffice to plunge them in, and 

 they may be plunged nearly half their depth at firsts 

 All those which are robust, and possess a pot full of 

 roots, should, if rather dry, (which they ought to be 

 at this period,) receive a w\atering with weak liquid 

 manure, and shortly after receive a shift, and it will be 

 well if several compartments are at hand to keep the 

 fresh-shifted ones by themselves, for the sake of sys- 

 tem. 



A temperature of 60 degrees minimum should now 

 be secured to the succession stock, whilst in this, as 

 in most other cases, the fruiters rising, or swelling 

 off, will need 10 degs. more. Syringing may be ap- 

 plied in a very slight degree on sunny afternoons, 

 twice or thrice a week, to the successions, providing 

 an advance of 5 degs. of solar heat can be shut up 

 for an hour or two. The fruiters, except those in 

 flower, will require it a little oftener ; taking care, 

 however, to observe a rule laid down in the preceding 



