CONTENTS. 



Culture. Temperature of Air — Pine hardier than usually 

 considered, 1. High and low temperatures it bears, 2. 

 Growth should never stand still, 3. Table of ripening 

 temperatures, 5. Night temperatures, 6. Effects of fast 

 growth, 7. Hamilton's opinions, 9. Shading condemned, 

 10,13. Temperatures for newly potted plants, 1 1. Par- 

 tial shading, 12. Blinds for stove, 18. ?>Ioisture in air, 

 18. Ventilation, 20. Watering, 23. Care required, 25. 

 Signs of ripeness, 27. Pot culture, 27. Size of pots, 30. 

 Soil for potting, 31. Drainage, 33. Sliifting, 34. Ar- 

 rangement of plants, 35. Bottom heat, 36. Disrooting, 

 37. Shiftmg, 38. Earthmg up, 39. Root-scorchmg, 40. 

 Planting in bed, 42. Earliest adopters, 43. Hamilton's 

 system, 45. Two pine apples on same stool, 48. Gray 

 on fruiting for several years, 49. Errington on this mode, 

 52. Preservation of roots, 53. Number of pines in a 

 bed, 54. 



Calendar of Pine Culture. Requirements for success, 55. 

 General principles of potting, 57. General principles of 

 watering, 60. Of syringing, 61. Of ventilation, 62. 

 January, 63, 83. February, 66, 84. Rules as to bottom 

 heat, 69. March, 70, 85, April, 71, 85. May, 72, 86. 

 June, 73, 87. Summer management, 74. Slow ripening, 

 75. Autumn arremgements, 76. September and October, 

 78. November, 79. Harvesting soils, 80. Liquid ma- 

 nure, 81. Errington's day and night temperatures, 82. 



