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APRIL. 



NURSING AND SUCCESSION PINE-PLANTS. 



The plants will now be in a rapid state of vegetation, and 

 will require plenty of water at their roots, once in three or four 

 days, occasionally giving them a supply of liquid manure, as 

 already directed. They should also be frequently syringed 

 over-head with clear water, both to refresh their foliage and 

 to keep them clear of dust. The constant steaming of the 

 pits should also be attended to. The temperature should be 

 continued as regularly as possible, at the same degrees as di- 

 rected last month. Air must be freely admitted at all times 

 that the state of the weather will permit ; and if any of the 

 plants, which were not shifted into larger pots last month, 

 appear now to be in want of removal, they should be care- 

 fully taken out and the required shifting given to them, and 

 afterwards replaced in the bed. 



FRUITING PINE-PLANTS. 



Water at the roots must now be given in a plentiful manner, 

 every second or third day, in order to swell off the fruit to a 

 good size. The application of liquid manure should also be 

 given once a week ; but when this is applied, it is to be un- 

 derstood as answering the purpose of watering. If any of the 

 pots that appear to require it, were left last month without a 

 top dressing, as there recommended, it should now be done, 

 particularly when the pots happen to be too small for any of 

 the plants, or where there is a particular fine fruit upon a 

 weak plant. This addition to the nourishment of the plants 

 will be obvious, and is the only means of assisting them in 

 that respect at this period of their growth, as shifting them 

 might be attended with danger, and the roots will now pro- 

 babJy have penetrated through the holes in the bottom of the 

 pots, and have extended thcn).selvcs considerably i.'i the de- 



