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Climbers. — Keep them thin and lied in, so as not to 

 shade the rest of the plants to an injurious extent. 



Succulents. — Shift Melocacti, &c, and keep them 

 growing, and near the glass. 



FORCING-HOUSES. 



Cherries. — The trees in large pots or tubs, from which 

 the crop has been lately gathered, should have abundance 

 of air, and an occasional supply of liquid manure. Give 

 them, also, a good washing overhead with the syringe, or 

 engine, dashing it on with considerable force. They will 

 also require to have their wood matured early. 



Figs. — Continue the practice of stopping when the 

 shoots are four or five eyes long. Give a liberal supply 

 of water, and thin out the second crop where too thick. 



Melons. — Keep the shoots thin, and remove all use- 

 less laterals. When the fruit is swelling, the soil should 

 be kept in a properly moist state, and the foliage in a 

 healthy condition. The bottom heat should not be allowed 

 to sink below 75°. 



Peaches. — Keep up a growing temperature with plenty 

 of air and moisture, and frequently syringe the trees, to 

 keep them clean and healthy. The ripening fruit will 

 require plenty of air. 



Pines. — Hepot as they may require; for if they are 

 allowed to remain in a pot-bound state at this season 

 they are very apt to start prematurely into fruit. It is 

 also particularly requisite that the balls are thoroughly 

 moist at the time of repotting. To give strength to tbe 

 growing stock, it is advisable to admit abundance of air 

 in the morning part of the day ; and in the afternoon, to 

 encourage a high degree of heat with an abundance of 

 atmospheric moisture. The plants growing in open beds 

 to be supplied with a steady bottom heat of from 80° to 

 85°, and sufficient water to the roots. 



Vines. — Proceed diligently with thinning the berries, 

 as they swell rapidly at this season. The late houses in 

 which the Vines are in bloom to be kept warmer and 

 closer than they have been, until the fruit is set. Stop 

 the shoots and laterals, and never allow a mass of useless 

 wood to remain on them. 



