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foliage of the plants with warm water : stir up that 

 fires early to maintain a good heat until the close of 

 the evening, when, if the night is fine and mild, the I 

 fire is to he damped up in order that the house mayi 

 cool down towards morning to the minimum tempera-: 

 ture. r 

 In May J being generally a warm sunny month and 

 vegetation in full activity, the most forward fruit 

 swells rapidly. Pay strict attention to administer to 

 the wants of the plants, as this is one of the best 

 months for growing pine plants and swelling ofiP the 

 fruit; those that are swelling still water liberally with 

 manure water in a tepid state, looking them over often 

 that none may get dry, as the soil in the pots from 

 this month till October should be kept in a regular 

 moist condition, so as to hold in a state of solution 

 the soluble matter contained in the soil, ready to be 

 absorbed by the roots of the plants. From a want of 

 due attention to this most important point of their 

 culture, especially at an advanced stage of the swell- 

 ing of the fruit, may be attributed the many disap- 

 pointments experienced by pine growers, and the 

 inferior fruit produced ; attend to giving air, avoiding 

 cold currents, shutting up early as before, and still 

 having recourse to fires to guard against changes of 

 weather. 



In June many of the early fruit that were set in 

 February become ripe. To insure good flavoured 



