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apply with moderation the perforated water pipes at 

 night, after scorching clear days have prevailed. 

 Shut up early, and apply air early of a morning, but 



1 never syringe about the plants in a morning or in the 



; day time while the sun is shining powerfully. This 

 has a very different effect when the house is shut up 

 early of an afternoon, and abundance of humidity at 

 once applied to all parts of the structure. 



Succession pla7itSf also, this month should have a 



! liberal heat, from 67 to 70 degs. at night, with air, 

 and abundance of kindly humidity, of syringing, and 

 application of good bottom waterings. 



June. — Fruiting Structure. — We are now come 

 to the summer months, when the heat at night may 

 reach 75 degs., with liberal applications of kindly 

 humidity, of bottom and surface w^aterings, and 

 abundance of air methodically admitted, night and 



f day. 



These directions hold good also for Jul\ and Au- 

 gust, with an increase of air as the season advances. 

 At Bicton they admit air very liberally indeed, both 



' night and day, particularly in the latter month, often 



[ having the lights half off. 



i Succession plants also now should have abundance 

 I of heat, air, and humidity : if properly applied, their 

 progress will be astonishing. The day heat, of 

 course, is always, to a great extent, to be regulated 

 by external circumstances. Shading is an injury un- 



