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MAECH— SECOND WEEK. 



warm, moist temperature, both at top and bottom, and 

 the free use of the syringe, to make them large pyramidal 

 specimens. 



Pelaegoniums. — Attention to be paid to their training, 

 to "watering, and to the admission of air. Shift on young 

 plants, and stop all that may be wanted for late blooming. 



STOYE AND OBCHID-HOUSE. 



Finish the shifting of all specimen plants in the stove 

 as soon as possible. A brisk, growing, moist temperature 

 to be kept up during the day, and to shut up early. 

 They delight in a tan-bed where the bottom heat ranges 

 from 70° to 80°. 



Oechids will now require a regular looking over. 

 Those on blocks of wood with moss should have the moss 

 renewed, and fresh turf to be supplied to those in pots 

 in a growing state. 



foecing-houses. 



The general routine in these structures will comprise 

 disbudding, tying-in advancing shoots, thinning the fruit, 

 watering, syringing morning and evening, airing, and 

 shutting up early with plenty of solar heat ; and to be 

 each and all attended to in good time to obtain satis- 

 factory results. 



Cheeeies. — Caution in the application of water is now 

 necessary, as either too much or too little will cause the 

 fruit to drop. 



Cucumbees. — The heat of the beds, which will be 

 found to decline rapidly during cold winds, should be 

 kept up by fresh linings ; and air to be given daily, to 

 allow the superfluous moisture to escape, taking care to 

 prevent the wind from entering the frames by placing a 

 mat or canvass before the openings. 



Pigs. — A free supply of water, with liquid manure 

 occasionally, to be given to the most forward crop. Where 

 there is the convenience, the trees in pots are generally 

 placed in a pit of rotten leaves into which they root, and . 

 where they are allowed to remain until they have borne 

 their crops and ripened their wood, when the roots are 

 cut back to the pot. Trees planted out succeed best when 

 confined in brick pits, where short-jointed fruitful wood 



