510 ' THE HOT-HOUSE. [Sept. 
in front and the tallest behind. The succulent sorts, and such as 
you have not room for in the pit, may be set on shelves arranged 
over the flues, &c. 
Now the plants being in order and placed in their winter quar- 
ters, it will be of much importance to give them plenty of air every 
favourable day by sliding open the upright glasses, and also the 
roof-lights if necessary, in order to prevent their being drawn up 
too tender before winter, for the fresh bottom heat will give new 
action to the plants, and render abundance of air the more neces- 
sary; observe, however, to close the lights every evening when the 
house is tolerably warm, and to open them as early in the morning 
as you find the thermometer up to 60 degrees of Fahrenheit. 
It is scarcely necessary to mention that every plant must have a 
due supply of water, from time to time, according to its nature and 
necessity. 
Pine-Jipples. 
Succession pine plants which are expected to produce fruit next 
year may, in the first week of this month, if omitted in July and 
August, be shifted as directed; but on no account should this be 
delayed longer. Where it has been done in the preceding months, 
and at that time no fresh tan added, it will now be necessary to 
examine the heat of the bark-bed in the succession house, wherein 
the plants in general are plunged, and if you find it very weak 
fork up the tan to the bottom, and plunge in the pots again imme- 
diately to their rims. 
This will revive the heat of the bed, and continue it in a due tem- 
perature till next month, when the plants must be removed into 
the fruiting-house, and plunged in a bed made wholly of new tan. 
The younger succession pines intended to succeed those, if not 
lately done, should not be shifted into larger pots, the tan forked 
up, and the pots replunged immediately after having received a 
little water. 
Crowns and Suckers. 
The crowns and suckers of this year's production will require a 
brisk bottom heat to enable the plants to make good roots before 
vifinter, therefore examine the bed, and if it is declined in heat fork 
it up and replunge the pots immediately; but if these were placed 
on a dung hot-bed it may be necessary to renew the heat by a 
lining of fresh hot dung applied to the sides, or to the sides and 
ends; or if the bed is much sunk to work it up afresh, adding some 
new dung thereto, laying on the top, as before, several inches of 
light earth or tan in which to plunge the pots. After this it will 
be necessary to give a considerable portion of air to the plants, and 
to raise the glasses behind when you find the steam rising in the 
bed. When the nights begin to grow cold cover the glasses care- 
fully with mats, and be very cautious not to keep your lights close 
in sunny days. 
