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or close-meslied netting, in bright sunny weather ; re- 

 moving it early in the afternoon. Water liberally all 

 that are making free growth. Repot any that may re- 

 quire it as soon as they have fairly commenced their 

 growth. Continue to give liberal shifts to the free- 

 growing young stock of stove plants, slightly shading for 

 a few hours in hot weather, shutting up early in the 

 afternoon, and producing a kindly humid atmosphere by 

 damping the walls, floors, pots, &c. 



Begonias. — Repot and propagate. This is one of the 

 most useful tribe of plants that can be grown, both for 

 the stove and the adornment of the conservatory. 



Clerodendrons. — Encourage by a moist heat. 



Climbers. — Keep them neatly tied up, and give them 

 liberal supplies of water, if in pots. 



Gardenias. — They delight in a close atmosphere ; a 

 pit with dung linings is most congenial to them. 



Gesnera zebrina. — Pot bulbs for late flowering. 



forcing-houses. 



Cherries. — Thin out the fruit where in large clusters ; 

 admit plenty of air at favourable opportunities, and never 

 allow the trees in tubs, or pots, to become dry. 



Figs. — The same as last week. 



Peaches and Nectarines.— Keep the leading shoots 

 regularly tied in, and pinch out the points of some of the 

 stronger ones. 



Pine Apples. — It is advisable to keep all that are 

 starting, or have already started, into fruit, at one end of 

 the house, or pit, that more air may be admitted to them 

 than to the others more advanced, to produce a more 

 robust growth, and to avoid the necessity of using 

 stakes to support the fruit. Air to be admitted freely 

 to the succession plants at every favourable opportunity. 



Strawberries (in pots). — Where fruit are colouring, 

 keep a rather dry atmosphere, with a liberal supply of 

 air, in order to secure flavour. When the plants are in 

 bloom, keep them near the glass, and the atmosphere dry, 

 with a good supply of fresh air ; but avoid currents of 

 frosty air. Introduce succession plants under glass ac- 

 cording to the demand. Do not expose those from w hich 

 fruit has been picked to the open air till well hardened 



