JANUARY — SECOND WEEK. 



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Peaches. — Continue previous directions. The trees 

 in bloom to be artificially impregnated, and the fore- 

 right shoots to be rubbed off a few at a time before they 

 become too large. Currents of air to be carefully avoided, 

 especially when the trees are in bloom, as they have been 

 sometimes observed to sustain injury from the two end 

 doors being left open for a short time. Air to be given 

 at the top daily in favourable weather. 



Pines. — As the days lengthen and the light increases 

 the plants that are swelling their fruit should be sup- 

 plied with a gradual increase of heat (from 65° at night 

 to 75° or 80° in the middle of the day in clear weather), 

 water, and atmospheric moisture ; while others that are 

 in bloom and starting into fruit require more air or more 

 moderate temperature, care in watering and less atmo- 

 spheric humidity. Some of the strongest succession 

 plants that are grown in pots to receive their final shift, 

 that they may make their growth for fruiting in May or 

 June. In old-fashioned pits or houses, where the flues 

 run near the tan-bed, the plants should be closely exa- 

 mined, as they are apt to be injured by fire heat in such 

 a situation. 



Steawbesries. — A few dozens more pots may be 

 placed in a frame where there is a gentle heat and an 

 atmosphere more congenial to their healthy growth than 

 in a house. 



Vines.— When they have made shoots two or three 

 inches long, the night temperature to range from 60° to 

 85°, with an increase of from 5° to 10° during the day. 



PITS AND ESAMES. 



Keep the plants in these structures as hardy as possible 

 by fully exposing them in mild weather, but do not give 

 any more water than is absolutely necessary. Remove 

 all decayed and decaying leaves, and keep the atmosphere 

 in as healthy a state as possible. 



Make small hotbeds for sowing Cucumbers and Melons, 

 Eadishes and Early Horn Carrots, Cauliflower and 

 TValclieren Broccoli, Lettuce, and various other things, 

 which will be found useful where the late severe weather, 

 or other cause, may have diminished the autumn sow- 

 ings. 



