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are not in abundance, a sufficient heat can be maintained in 

 the old bed by the aid of linings to preserve the plants till 

 the spring. The succession plants are kept by Mr. Gibson 

 in a similar bed of leaves, but the pots in which they are 

 placed are sunk in tan, though not so as to cover their rims, 

 because it is desirable not to let the roots of these plants 

 extend beyond the pots. 



Joseph Brookhouse, Esq. of Warwick, communicated in 

 a letter to the Secretary, dated July 30th, his method of cul- 

 tivating Cucumbers in a Peach-house. In this house the 

 Peach-trees are trained to the back wall only, the lights being 

 placed in the usual sloping direction used for fruit houses. 

 In the front a dung pit is formed, seven feet broad and three 

 feet deep, extending the whole length of the house; one side 

 is formed by the front-wall and the other by a brick-in-bed 

 wall on the inside of the house, the surface of the bed being 

 level with the front wall plate, which supports the sloping 

 rafters and lights. The bed is formed in the usual way with 

 dung, and covered with mould. At first the plants are pro- 

 tected by hand glasses, which give the advantage of double 

 glass, and makes them strong ; when they are long enough 

 to train, they are attached to a wire trellis which is placed 

 about ten inches from the glass. 



The plants are suffered to run without stopping the leader, 

 as is usually done, and when the side shoots break, they are 

 almost certain to shew fruit, these are immediately stopped 

 at the fruiting joint ; but if any of them do not shew fruit at 

 the first joint, they are cut entirely away ; by this means 

 nothing but productive or fruit bearing runners are left upon 



