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bottom heat and rather more water. More atmos- 

 pheric heat will also have to be applied, in proportion 

 to the end in view, as described previously ; taking 

 care to let it at all times, both night and day, bear a 

 just proportion to the light. Above all things, how- 

 ever, with these, avoid aridity of atmosphere : a most 

 liberal supply of atmospheric moisture must be pro- 

 vided even in winter, not by syringing — although this 

 may sometimes be practised —but by watering the tan 

 surface, floors, walls, &c., rather frequently. 



[September. — The autumn fruiters and fruiting 

 plants for early fruiting, the former placed at one end 

 of the structure, must have the humidity somewhat 

 modified, with applications of tepid water, with a little 

 liquid manure added, to be still pretty liberally sup- 

 plied both at bottom and by syringing all over. Air 

 is now to be given, and during the two first weeks in 

 October still more liberally both night and day. The 

 temperature of the structure we but little regard at 

 this season, but allow it to modify with the season, 

 by the application of a gentle fire only for a few hours 

 of an evening to dry up the damps. The interior at- 

 mosphere of a morning in the stove at Bicton is often 

 pretty nearly of the same temperature as the external, 

 and the strength of the plants is thus very much 

 increased ; the fleshiness of the foliage and stoutness 

 of their trunks augments very fast, and the fruit weighs 



