immediate action for the young fibre. "We would 

 advise the strength or tenacity of the soil to be in- 

 creased progressively with each shift, beginning with 

 a somewhat sandy loam for the maiden plants, and 

 using a loam of sounder character, and in rather 

 larger masses at each successive shift. The drainage 

 should be so complete that no subsequent waterings 

 may by any means disarrange it ; more especially if 

 liquid manure is systematically used ; which, however 

 clarified — which it assuredly ought to be in all cases 

 — has a continual tendency to close the pores of the 

 soil, and of course to impede drainage, and exclude 

 the beneficial agency of the atmosphere. 



We w^ould now add a remark on the very high 

 ripening temperatures employed by Mr. Hutchinson, 

 and to express a fear, that such will in general be 

 accompanied by inferiority of flavour. This is not 

 peculiar to the peach alone, but will be found to hold 

 good with the melon, the strawberry, and even the 

 grape and the pine apple. The elaboration and 

 chemical changes necesssary, in order to give high 

 flavour in fruits, requires a given amount of time, in 

 order to bring into play the whole capabilities of the 

 plant. 



The system of fruiting the peach in pots in pine- 

 stoves is not to be generally advised ; that it may be 

 accomplished, Mr. H. has shewn, and indeed it is no 

 novel affair. Some compromise must, however, un- 



