VI 



OBSERVATION'S. 



the pit ; the heat was 65° — there were 2° frost ; little air 

 could be given ; it was a wind frost ; the linings are up. to the 

 curb in front, and within one foot of it at the back : covering, 

 a single mat only. 



Dec. 22nd— 2° frost this morning, rose 4° above zero : still 

 it has been a raw, cold, and dull day ; heat this morning in 

 pit 68° ; the plants were moist and looked well, but little air 

 could be given to pit to-day ; heat did not reach more than 70-'. 

 No water was given to-day, as the plants did not get dry- : a 

 little air is given every night at 6 o'clock, and looked to at 

 10, and regulated according to the weather. 



Dec. 23rd. — Heat this morning 70-. with a little air all night, 

 and a single mat covering ; it appears to be just the heat 

 required to cause fruit to swell at this season ; measured two 

 finite 8^ inches each, and verv handsome. 



Dec. 24th, 25th, 26th, and 27th.— Heat 68 to 70 at nigh: : 

 covering a single mat ; 'air as usual. 



Dec. 28th. — Cut first brace of fruit this day. very handsome. 



Dec. 30th. — Dull mild day,heat in pit at uncovering 72- : some 

 of the plants were dry and others moist ; where dry, a little 

 water was given ; they had much air during the day, and a 

 little water was given at 4 o'clock, all over the leaves, and 

 hot-air chambers. 



Dec. 31st. — Fine mild dull day ; heat this morning 70 : • 

 got dry, and the flues were watered all round the pit, and it 

 filled it with steam ; plants seem to enjoy it much. 



1842. Jan. 1st. — Plants in fine state this morning, heat 

 70° ; the day was dry and mild ; one inch of air was given, and 

 a little water on the hot-air chambers, or flues, at 4 o'clock in 

 the afternoon. 



Jan. 2nd and 3rd. — Cold and frosty, east wind ; heat 68° ; 

 watered round on the flues at 4 o'clock, plenty of steam, and 

 plants looked well. 



Jan. 4th. — Heat 64°, mercury 10° below zero ; little sun in 

 the day, and plants got dry ; water was given round the hot- 

 air chambers. 



Jan. 5th and 6th. — Heat in pits, at uncovering time 73° 

 each day ; plants in fine state ; a little water given over the 

 hot-air chambers filled the pit with steam ; cold east wind, but 

 little ail 1 could be given ; water was sprinkled over the back 

 hot-air chamber at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. 



Jan. 8th, 9th, and 1.0th. — Three days have been dull, damp 

 and cold ; but little water was used ; once a day, sprinkled on 

 the hot-air chambers ; heat 70° to 74-'. 



Jan. 13th. — It has snowed the whole day, heat 68° ; the pit 

 was covered with hay and no water given, and but little air. 



