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On the Cultivation of Pine Apph 



bed, according as the beat may have previously decreased, 

 and reset the pots in the bed. The plants must then be 

 treated in every respect as directed before for other plants at 

 the same season. By the middle or end of May their roots 

 will begin to get matted, consequently they will require to be 

 fresh potted into pots two sizes larger than the last. Before 

 replacing them, level the surface of the bed, and in setting 

 the pots be careful to leave plenty of room, for the plants will 

 make great progress in growing from this time till the end of 

 August or beginning of September, when they should be put 

 into their fruiting pots. At this shifting they will require pots 

 from fourteen to sixteen inches diameter. Prepare the bed 

 as before directed, for fruiting plants. In setting, plunge the 

 pots to half their depth, give them a gentle watering, to settle 

 the mould among the roots, keeping the air in the house 

 rather warm for ten days after shifting, to encourage their 

 rooting freely, that is about 65°; and this is the temperature 

 which should be maintained from the time of first lighting 

 fires in the autumn till the middle of January. The mould in 

 the pots should be kept rather dry till the middle of January, 

 when the top heat should be increased to 70°, and water freely 

 given to induce the plants to fruit. 



What has been previously stated respecting the fruiting of 

 other Pine plants from this time (January) to the maturity of 

 their fruit, will in every respect apply to the subjects under 

 present consideration, except that with them the internal air 

 of the house should be kept three or four degrees higher 

 during the spring months. 



The rules that I have laid down in this communication all 

 apply to the treatment of Pine plants that are intended to 



