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be used may be laid over the slates and straw as 
it is required, to the depth of from 8 to 12 inches. 
I will now give a few brief directions for 
managing these Plants. In the first place I may 
mention, that a regular heat is highly necessary 
for their growth. I mean that they are to be kept 
from extremes ; for Plants exposed at one time 
to a strong heat, which is allowed to decrease 
suddenly, are of course materially injured. It 
is impossible to keep the air in the beds at any 
certain and precise degree of heat, therefore I 
shall only mention tlie two extremes. In the 
winter and spring months it should be from 60 to 
80, and in summer from 55 to 65. 
As soon as the second rough leaf of the young 
Plants is beginning to expand, or when the bud 
at the second joint is sufficiently advanced to be 
readily taken off with the thumb and finger, or a 
small knife, it must be done, so as not to injure the 
Plant. After this, when the Plant has thrown out 
branches, so as to show two or three joints, the 
end of each should be pinched off' pretty close to 
the second joint, or at least at the third. This 
will generally cause each Vine to throw out shoots 
at each remaining joint, and if the Plants are of a 
prolific kind, those shoots will generally be found 
to show fruit at the first joint. As soon as the 
fruit becomes pretty observable, and the end of 
the shoot so far grown that it can be taken off 
without injuring the fruit, it must be pinched off 
