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BARK BED IH THE PINERY. 



heat renewed, by taking up the pots, and fork- 

 ing up the tan to the bottom of the pit, and 

 if the bed is much reduced by sinking, &e. a 

 about one-third or fourth of fresh bark should 

 be added, and forked up with the old. 



This work should be performed by opening 

 a trench in the bed at one end, and carry the 

 bark from the first trench to the other end, 

 ready to fill up with, then fork the bed 

 thoroughly over, mixing the new tan with old, 

 and directly replunge the pots therein ; this 

 will revive the declining heat, and cause it 

 to continue lively for two or three months 

 longer ; likewise, this attention to the bark bed 

 in mid winter, will greatly assist the plants in 

 their advancing spring growth, and more par- 

 ticularly the fruiting plants, which generally 

 begin to show their fruit buds about January 

 and February, which may be discovered by the 

 advancing small crown of leaves ; indeed, ar 

 this season, it is very essential to have a lively 

 bottom heat about the roots, as it will greatly 

 promote the regular production of the fruit. 



In March, or beginning of April, the bark beds 



