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and coarse sand or gravel mixed together, will form 

 an excellent compost, and if there are any bones in it, 

 it will require no renewal or enrichment for many 

 years. 



The same compost with an addition of sand and 

 lime rubbish, will answer well for the fig, olive, 

 pomegranate, and jujube, if a tree of either of these 

 sorts should be planted in a corner; and for the 

 peach, the turfy loam, with a small addition of rotten 

 dung and sand, w^ll be sufficient, as this tree does not 

 thrive in a very rich soil, or in one where much lime 

 is present. 



The sorts of peaches we would recommend as 

 standards for a green-house are, the Royal George 

 and red Magdalen ; and of Figs the early blue, or 

 blue Ischia, and early white. 



Having introduced such fruit-trees as are admis- 

 sible in the green-house, our next business is to indi- 

 cate the plants which shall constitute the main stock, 

 or the green-house plants properly so called. With 

 the exception of a few climbers or twiners, all of 

 these are grown in pots. 



Sect. 11. Climbers and Twisters. 



The climbers and twiners introduced into a green- 

 house should be very few, because, as they are 

 generally evergreens, they shade the plants below 

 during the whole winter and spring. Some intro- 

 duce them under the roof, in lieu of the vines which 



