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their proper places ; there is no danger of burning 

 their roots, from the facihty with which the ferment- 

 ing material can be stirred and changed, the top of 

 the pots being always a little higher than the pit ; 

 and, finally, one plant can be substituted for another 

 as soon as it has ripened its fruit. Pines never grow 

 or swell their fruit well without there is a genial mois- 

 ture in the pit. If the leaves become dry, have them 

 pulled into the walk with a hoe, where one man turns 

 them over, while another sprinkles them with water, 

 warmed to a temperature of 90 or 100 degrees, the 

 heat of the leaves ranging from 85 to 95 degrees ; 

 they are then returned among the pots, and the house 

 is kept close for a day or two to encourage fermenta- 

 tion. {Gard. Journ, 1847, 194.) 



Planting in Bed. — This is by no means a novel 

 suggestion, nor practised for the first time in the pre- 

 sent century ; but Mr. Hamilton, the very excellent 

 gardener at Thornfield, has the merit of enforcing its 

 practice more extensively than had ever been previ- 

 ously done. This he has done not only by example, 

 and growing very superior pines by this mode, but 

 also by publishing an able little vohime upon the 

 subject, and from which, in several instances, this 

 volume will be found enriched. 



The earliest adopter of this system, we think, was 

 Mr. Justice, who, writing in 1/54, says, he (Mr. 



