156 GENERAL CULTURE OF PINES. 



can be avoided, yet it often happens that 

 the whole will succeed together in the same 

 house. 



By the foregoing practice, the plants will 

 always be at three different stages of growth : 

 first, the two years old or fruiting pines ; next 

 in succession, the one year old plants ; and 

 thirdly, the young plants just raised, by which 

 method a regular annual supply will be con* 

 tinually kept. 



When it is convenient, it is a desirable plan, 

 before removing the plants to where they are to 

 remain, to let the bark beds settle a little and 

 ferment, and the glasses kept close to draw up 

 the heat ; and when at a proper temperature, 

 w r ith the assistance of a short, narrow, one- 

 handed fork, open the bark, and plunge the 

 pots as before directed ; but be careful should 

 the heat become too powerful, to raise the pots 

 up one-third or half way, to prevent the roots 

 from burning, and replace them again up to the 

 rim when the excessive heat has subsided ; and 

 if it be necessary to plunge the plants while 

 the heat is too strong, they may at first be 



