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plants, as too great an exposure to the light is always injurious, and will cause the 
leaves to wear a sickly hue. 
4. During the season of growth give a good supply of water at the roots, and 
in fine weather syringe over-head at least three times a week ; but be careful that 
the soil in the pots does not become sodden, or this would very likely destroy 
the crop. 
5. As soon as the fruit has set, give a little dung-water to the roots about 
once a week, and continue to syringe them over-head until the fruit arrives at its 
full growth and begins to ripen, when syringing must be wholly discontinued, and 
the quantity of water given at the roots must be diminished. 
6. As the fruit ripens expose the plant a little more to the light and sun, but 
do this cautiously, or it may receive injury from the change. 
7. After the fruit has ripened and winter begins to set in, remove the plant 
to a cold part of the stove, and eventually to the greenhouse ; where it may stand 
for about three months and receive very little water ; after which introduce it into 
the stove again, and treat it as before. 
8. Propagation. It may be propagated either by cuttings and layers, or by 
budding on seedling stocks. The last mode is the best, as budded plants are more 
free in their growth, and no doubt more prolific, than those raised any other way ; 
although it is several years before they could be brought to a bearing state. 
9. The layers are pegged down, and an incision is made on the upper side of 
the branch at a joint with a sharp penknife, and the branch slightly twisted, until 
the end of the divided part lies upon the soil, when it may be covered over ; these 
layers may be either made in small pots, or in the soil of the parent plant. When 
struck, separate them. 
10. Take off cuttings of the ripe wood, about two inches long, trim off the 
leaves from the part to be inserted in the pot ; but by no means mutilate the other, 
as on them in a great measure depends the success of striking. 
11. When the cuttings are prepared, plant them in pots of sand, water, and 
cover with a bell glass, and plunge the pots in a bark bed, and in a month or six 
weeks they will begin to grow. 
WOODEN RUSTIC ORNAMENTAL VASES, 
FOR THE FLOWER GARDEN OR PLEASURE GROUND. 
In Volume III., page 258, will be found described, accompanied with wood-cut 
illustrations, two rustic ornamental vases, kindly furnished by Mr. Clowes, of Man- 
chester ; and which, for their striking appearance and economical structure, recom- 
mend themselves as agreeable and suitable objects for ornamenting the fiower- 
garden or pleasure-ground — purposes for which they are especially adapted, as they 
so richly display the foliage and flowers of the plants, which, by their habits, are 
alone fitted for such places. 
