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for the majority of stove plants need not at any time of 

 the day exceed 60°, with a fall of 8° or 10° during the 

 night. 



Begonias. — They deserve a place in every stove, as 

 they are plants of easy cultivation, and bloom at a season 

 when flowers are scaree ; they can also be introduced to 

 the conservatory or sitting-room when in bloom. 



FOKCING-HOUSES. 



Hotbeds. — Keep up the heat of dungbeds by adding 

 leaves and dung to the linings ; but not sufficient of the 

 latter to cause a rank steam in the frames. 



Peaches. — If any vacancies occur in the late houses 

 they should now be filled up. We have before recom- 

 mended trees of large size to be taken from the walls for 

 this purpose, but in so doing care should be taken to 

 select such sorts as the Murray, Elruge, and Violette 

 ilative Nectarines ; Noblesse, Royal George, Grosse Mig^ 

 nonne, and Chancellor Peaches, being the best adapted for* 

 forcing. Some sorts are of little value as forced fruit, 

 although they may bear abundantly. 



Pines. — Coverings to be used, and as little fire-heat 

 as possible, to keep up the required heat during the 

 night. The heat of the spring-fruiting and succession- 

 houses to be gradually decreased, so that it may range 

 from 60° to 65°. The winter-fruiting plants to range 

 10° higher. 



Vines. — The Grapes will require unremitting attention 

 to keep the house dry, and to cut out the decayed berries. 

 It will, we suppose, be generally observed that the fruit 

 that was ripe before wet weather sets in will keep 

 better than the more backward ones, which may be a 

 useful hint " to make hay while the sun shines," or, in 

 other words, to ripen the fruit in good time. Prune 

 and dress the Yines in the succession-houses as recom- 

 mended for the early ones. When Yines have been 

 taken out of the house they should be protected from 

 the vicissitudes of the weather, as they are sometimes 

 greatly injured by being exposed to excessive wet and 

 severe frosts. 



