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serving the same caution as before. The usual pro- 

 gressive degrees of heat are then to be attended to, 

 as in the ordinary mode of peach forcing, vrhich is 

 the principal object here to be attended to, and such 

 will perfectly suit the vines. By the same progres- 

 sive stages of temperature, the ornamental plants will 

 flourish and produce early flowers, which may either 

 remain in the greenhouse, or be successively removed 

 to decorate the drawing-room, &c. About the middle 

 of May the plants will be turned out for the summer, 

 and the stage may then be appropriated to dwarf vines 

 in pots, figs, balsams, and other tender annual plants. 

 (Cal. Hort, Mem. iv. 576.) 



Although such may be accomplished, yet, we can- 

 not but regard it as a retrograde step in the art of 

 forcing. It is seldom that the trees endure long 

 under such treatment, for it is obvious that a conti- 

 nual compromise must be taking place. 



POT CULTURE. 



Forcing the peach in pots is a most excellent mode, 

 not only because it enables a succession to be obtained 

 with least trouble and expense, but because it enables 

 this fruit to be forced even where there is no regular 

 peachery. 



The fundamental rules to be kept in mind during 



