G5G TMK PRACTICAT, OAUDENER. [Fclf. 



or that next the front of the house. It sometimes, liowever, 

 happens, that a few plants may be much farther advanced 

 tlian others, and may be upon the eve of attaining maturity ; 

 such may be placed at the ends of the rows, at tliat end of 

 the bed next to where the flues enter the liouse, and will thus 

 be forwarded into maturity, it being sup})0sed to be the warm- 

 est part of the house, and, by placing them there, it will not 

 cause a break in the arrangiMucnt of the stock, when they arc 

 removed after being ripe ; their place can be filled with such 

 plants, from the succession-house, as will lill up the space. 

 Should it so happen, that their being so placed will forward 

 their fruit sooner than maybe desired, they may, in that case, 

 be placed at the other end of the bed, which is supposed to 

 be the coldest part of the house, and by that m?ans be re- 

 tarded ; or they may be at once placed in the succession-house, 

 where the temperature is much less than in the fruiting-house. 

 It would, however, be inconvenient to place them, perhaps, in 

 the centre of the bed, where, from their height, they probably 

 ought to stand ; for, when cut and removed, the space which 

 they occupied couUl not be filled without endangering those 

 around them. 



When they are p.ll placed in the bed, they should have a 

 little water at their roots, and a gentle syringing all over-head, 

 to wash off any filth or dust that may have fallen upon them 

 during the regulation of the bed. This syringing should now, 

 as the season advances, be more frequently and more copiously 

 administered to them. The temperature now, until the heat 

 of the bed rise sufliciently, should be kept up by fire-heat to 

 61-° or 68° ; this, however, will be in a few days again sufli- 

 ciently increased. The thermometer then should be allowed 

 to rise to 70° or 74°, and continue increasing from that to 75^ 

 or 78°, keeping the temperature as near to that point as 

 possible. 



Air must now be freely admitted every day that the state of 

 the weather will admit, so as to prevent the thermometer ex- 

 ccedino- So° or 84'°. When the weather is so inclement as not 



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to allow of a sufTicient share of fresh air being given, let the 

 fires be kept up during the day, so that the air may be ad- 

 mitted without lowering the temperature of the house below 



