HOTBMBEB — FOUETH WEEK. 



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Cherries. — To be treated as advised for Peache3. 



CucumseeS. — If the plants are strong, and you have 

 a full command of bottom and atmospheric heat, you 

 may calculate, with a little attention, upon ultimate 

 success. Air to be admitted when it is safe to do so, to 

 get the leaves dry, if possible, daily. Light is indispen- 

 sable, and steep-roofed houses, or pits, are preferred for 

 that object in winter. The early nursing-box for young 

 plants should be well supplied with linings, the glass 

 washed clean and kept in good repair. 



Musheoom8. — Continue to prepare succession -beds as 

 formerly directed. The beds that have been in bearing 

 some time, if the surface is dry, to be watered with clear, 

 weak liquid manure, a few degrees warmer than the 

 temperature of the house. 



Peaches. — The early house should now be set in order, 

 by being thoroughly cleansed, whitewashed, and the trees 

 pruned, dressed, and tied. Air to be given during the 

 day, and the house to be shut up at night for a fortnight 

 or three weeks, preparatory to the commencement of 

 forcing. 



Pines. — The principal objects of attention during this 

 dull season should comprise a moderate declension of 

 heat and moisture, and a moderate supply of air at all 

 times when it can be admitted with safety. When heat 

 is supplied by fermenting materials the linings will 

 require some sort of covering — as straw, fern, boards, or 

 shutters — to protect them from cold winds, frosts, or 

 rains ; only a gentle bottom heat is now required at this, 

 that should be, their season of rest, as a dry and moderately 

 warm atmosphere is nearly all they will require. If the 

 young plants are growing in pits heated solely by dung- 

 linings, be careful to exclude the steam from the dung, 

 as excess of damp will rot the hearts of the plants. 



Vines. — If early Grapes are required, it is advisable 

 to adopt the old-fashioned plan of placing some sweet hot 

 dung inside the house, to produce an atmosphere that is 

 most congenial for softening the wood, and for "breaking" 

 the buds. The roots, if outside, to be covered with a 

 good depth of litter, to produce an increase of beat by 

 fermentation, and to prevent the escape of terrestrial heat. 

 All Vines casting their leaves to be pruned immediately. 



