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THE GREEN-HOUSE. 



two rafters ; but it will be found that the peach-tree 

 soon gets too woody and unwieldy for this mode of 

 training, and also that its blossoms and leaves expand 

 so early as to be injurious to the green-house plants by 

 their shade. The least injurious mode, where the 

 plan and circumstances of the house are suitable, is 

 to plant a peach-tree at one end, and a fig-tree at the 

 other ; placing them in the north angle, and training 

 them in part on the end glass, and in part on the back 

 wall where it is not covered by the stage of pots. 

 Or, instead of training them either against the wall 

 or the glass, the trees may be allowed to spread their 

 heads as standards, in which state, being pruned so as 

 not to get crowded, they will be found to bear very well. 



The pomegranate and the olive, and also the ju- 

 jube and carob, might no doubt be fruited in a green- 

 house, as they all produce abundantly in the gardens 

 and fields about Nice and Genoa ; but unless where 

 the green-house was very large, or there was a pecu- 

 liar taste in the owner for growing fruits, it would 

 not be worth while to attempt it. Those who Wish 

 to make trial, should adopt large well- drained pots or 

 boxes, or plant in a border against the back wall or 

 ends of the house. 



Having limited the fruit-trees to be introduced into 

 a green-house to a few vines, a fig, and a peach, we 

 shall give the names of the sorts of those which we 

 consider the most suitable. 



Grapes. — Of black sorts the July is the earliest ; 



