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maturation of the wood. In some cases it will be desirable to 
screen them from the sun during the middle of the day, to prevent 
the heat scorching them up. This is especially necessary when 
there is no alternative but to remove them from the shady conserva- 
torv or plant-house to the open air. The wood will assume a deep 
brown colour when w'eli ripened, and the plants should be pruned 
without further delay, and repotted when they commence to make 
new' growth, in the manner already described. 
The following year it will be necessary to stop the shoots in the 
spring, and to commence a regular system of training to insure 
well-developed specimens. Very frequently wire hoops are employed, 
but stakes alone are preferable. Altera little practice there will not 
be much difficulty in training out the shoots in a satisfactory man- 
ner. To enter into details upon this point would require more 
space than, I leel assured, can well be spared — moreover, there would 
be a difficulty in making oneself understood. The surface of the 
plant should, when fully grown and in bloom, present the appear- 
ance of an ordinary watcn-glass, as here portrayed. 
In conclusion, it is desirable to state that the plants must at all 
times be grown in a light and airy house near the glass, for the pur- 
pose of maintaining a firm, short-joinied growth. It is also equally 
important to keep the foliage fiee from green-fly, which can be 
readily done by fumigating the plants as soon as the fly makes its 
appearance. 
ON THE CONSTEUCTIOX OE PLANT AND ERHIT 
HOUSES. 
BX A KENTISH GAKDENEK. 
ERSONS wdio contemplate building glass-houses for the 
cultivation of fruits or plants should well mature their 
plans before commencing, so that no expen; ive altera- 
tions may be required, either as the work proceeds, or 
after the houses have been erected. As a large number 
of amateurs who have horticultural structures erected in their 
gardens have but little practical knowledge of the matter, and have 
not the assistance of an experienced man to advise them, I have 
thought that a few remarks just now would be of considerable service. 
There can be no doubt that the first and most important point to 
consider is, the purpose for wdiich the house is to be erected. This 
point is only imperfectly considered by many, for, as taste differs 
in most of us, so also are we subject to prejudices, which exercise a 
certain amount of influence acainst this or that particular form of 
house. A certain amount of taste in arranging a house or any 
number of houses is desirable, providing the essential features of 
the design are consistent with the purpose for which the structure 
is required. But taste in these matters ought always to give way 
to a reasonable extent when the outlay is ultimately expected to 
September. 
