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secured by small trap doors, both in front and at the back ; the front ones 
below the level of the sill, and opening on the level of the piping, and the 
back ones just below the level of the wall plates which support the rafters 
of the roof, so as to be able to create a very free circulation of air in hot 
weather, and also to prevent the influx and increase of red spider, thrips, and 
the other insect pests which injure the foliage and sap the moisture in¬ 
tended for the supply of the crop in its progress towards development. 
Syringing should be copiously carried on during the early stages of the 
Vine’s growth, judiciously withheld during the period of blooming, 
recommenced immediately after the fruit is set, and continued until the 
fruit commences colouring, when a more abundant supply of air is necessary. 
Jersey. C. B. S. 
TULIPS. 
’HOSE who hold ground in a favourable situation should now be filling 
in the mould, and making the beds ready for their Tulip bulbs, 
which, if not already arranged in their boxes, should be seen to at 
once. The sooner they are got into the ground the better, as the 
bulbs will now begin to push, and if planted out will go on freely 
and gain strength, while if they are kept out for any length of time they 
will get weaker—for whether they are in the ground or out they will grow.' 
If in the ground, the bud will have the fibrous roots to help it on, but so 
long as the bulbs are kept out of the ground, the bud has to feed upon the 
bulb itself, the first roots get stunted and weakened, and if neglected too 
long never lay firm enough hold of the ground to support the stem, and 
throw up the bloom. Under such circumstances blight and disappointment 
will be the consequence, besides that there will only be weak sickly bulbs 
hereafter to take up. 
There is another matter of importance for those who have the oppor¬ 
tunity and will to look after it, and in which the small grower who may only 
have one or two beds, has an advantage over a large grower, more particu¬ 
larly so if his garden be near to his dwelling. The bulbs should be planted 
the last week in October, or the first week in November—not later, and after 
the bulbs are in, a portion of horse litter should be got—if fresh from the 
stable it will be none the worse—and put through a three-quarter-inch sieve, 
and if the grower’s hands be not too delicate, he should strew the same all 
over the bed, about an inch thick. When rain comes let the bed have the 
benefit of it, till it has just fastened the dung sufficiently to keep the wind 
from blowing it off; this being done I would recommend that all further 
rains be kept off till February, and both before and after that time, my 
advice is to protect from frost up to blooming period. We do not expect 
much frost after that. 
