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GLEANINGS ON 



HORTICULTURE. 



The pair of shoots from each plant must be pegged out in a 

 proper serpentine direction as they advance; and if the plants 

 stand one north and the other south, one shoot of each may be 

 trained to each angle of each light, and when it nearly meets the 

 angle, the point must be pinched off. When frames are small, 

 it is well to peg the advancing shoots in a serpentine direction. 

 This will be found to give a greater number of eyes; and, 

 moreover, it is a well known fact that the farther the shoots 

 extend, the more fruitful they become, and the finer the produce. 

 Soon after stopping the terminal point. Fide-shoots will sprout 

 from almost every leaf; and if the plants have been properly 

 managed, most of these will show female bl ossoms as soon as they 

 are a few inches in length. 



As, however, our plan is to turn the linings once a week or 

 ten days,- and to top up as often as necessary, it must also be 

 remembered that a proper temperature must be kept up, seventy 

 degrees by da}', and sixty-five degrees by night, allowing an 

 afternoon advance of ten degrees in simny weather. If the 

 bottom heat gets beyond eighty degrees, let water be liberally 

 applied between the mounds, taking care to have all fiery heat 

 well subdued by the soiling period. I have tried various kinds 

 of melons, but find the Beechwood green flesh far preferable to 

 any others. 



Can anything be more delightful than to place before your 

 friends this delicious fruit? Remember then to sow two-year old 

 seed; and you will not fail to have a good crop. 



BIANAGEMENT OF STRAWBERRIES. 



I have for several years grown my strawberries in a manner 

 which has improved their culture, particularly the Haut-bois — 

 they produce fruit of a high flavour when planted in a sunny 

 situation. 



The British-queens attain the size of eggs, and are well 

 ripened at the tips, which I attribute to watering them freely 

 while they are in bloom. The plants are set two feet apart, and 

 eighteen inches between the rows ; the ground having been well 

 double-dug and trenched. Drains, with at least six inches fall, 

 made with two-inch bore-pipes, are laid in about four feet deep. 

 The ground best suited to their growth is a sloping bank with a 

 southern aspect, and the roots of the plants are in the Autumn 

 raised and broken by means of a spade, or transplanted, and well 



