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while a moist atmosphere is maintained by frequently sprinkling the paths and 
occasionally syringing overhead in the afternoon when the house is closed. Take 
care, however, not to wet those in flower. The plants for fruiting next spring 
should now have their final shift; any young plants that require it should also 
have a shift; give abundance of air when the weather permits. Keep a gentle 
fire in late Vineries , to ripen the fruit and mature the wood ; give air abundantly 
during the day, and take care to leave some on at night; keep the inside border 
well watered until the fruit begins to ripen, after which they may be kept rather 
dry. All Vineries having ripe grapes should be kept as dry, cool, and well 
ventilated as possible ; remove all laterals and superfluous shoots. The wood of 
the early-forced Peaches should now be thoroughly ripened ; keep the inside 
borders moderately moist, and keep the foliage clean and healthy as long as 
possible ; an occasional syringing will do them good. When the fruit is all 
gathered in the late houses, pay every necessary attention to the ripening of the 
wood. The second crop of Figs will now be approaching maturity ; continue to 
keep them well supplied with water at the roots until the fruit begins to ripen, 
when it should be given more sparingly; syringe the trees occasionally, and give 
air abundantly. The Strawberry plants intended for forcing next season should 
immediately be shifted into their fruiting pots ; and, as much of the success in 
forcing depends on the attention paid to the plants at this season, no pains should 
be spared to get strong, vigorous plants, with well-formed ripened crowns. Look 
frequently over Cucumbers and Melons , and stop or remove laterals, and crowded 
and decaying leaves. Do not let Cucumber plants bear too many fruit at a time ; 
be careful in watering melons, especially should the weather be showery; 
endeavour to keep up a nice bottom-heat by linings. 
Regulate, train, and otherwise arrange the summer shoots of all fruit trees as 
recommended last month. Look frequently over Peach , Nectarine , and Apricot 
trees, stop or remove all shoots not wanted another season, and carefully 
nail in the young wood. Pay every possible attention to the trees now, so as 
if possible to get the wood ripened, which will be no easy matter this season, after 
the very unfavourable weather we have had up to the present time. Attend to 
the gathering of the fruit as it ripens. Protect all ripe fruit with hexagon 
netting, and continue to make fresh plantations of Strawberries , an easy matter 
this season, there being an abundance of fine runners. 
Most of the strong-growing kinds of Hard-wooded plants should now have 
full exposure, so that the wood may get well ripened, which will cause them to 
flower freely next season. Proceed with the shifting of all plants that require 
it, and guard carefully against too much wet. The more delicate tender kinds 
likely to suffer from heavy rains, should be returned to the house. Attend 
regularly to the training and tying-out of the specimens. Heaths and other 
hard-'wooded plants in pits and frames should have all the air possible. Soft- 
wooded plants for late blooming will now require constant attention in training, 
