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constant circulation of dry warm air to complete the colour and finish. Aid 
later houses with fire-heat; syringe and shut up on fine afternoons at 80° ; com¬ 
plete disbudding, and tie down before the shoots touch the glass; crop lightly, 
and keep thinning well under hand. Water inside borders as soon as the fruit 
is set, and remove surplus and ill-placed bunches. Shift pot-vines ; shade for a 
short time to prevent flagging, and gradually expose to the full influence of light, 
to ensure firm short-jointed canes. 
Peaches: Complete the tying in the early house, and stop the terminal shoot 
on bearing wood; expose the fruit to the full influence of the sun. Do not exceed 
65° at night, with a little air; maintain a moist, growing atmosphere until the 
fruit begins to change for ripening, when the house must be kept drier. The 
day temperature may now range from 75° to 85°, with sun-heat, and if the inside 
borders are becoming dry, they should now receive a good soaking, which will 
carry the trees on until the fruit is gathered. Observe former directions in 
succession-houses, and encourage cold houses and cases by closing, with plenty of 
sun-heat, on fine afternoons. 
Figs: Maintain a moist, growing atmosphere until the fruit begins to ripen ; 
the colour and flavour will be greatly improved by full exposure to sun, with a 
free circulation of dry, warm air. See that plants in pots never want for water. 
Supply them with tepid liquid manure, and syringe well as soon as the fruit is 
gathered. Stop, tie, and thin the fruit in succession-houses. Let the temperature 
range 60° at night; give air at 70°, and close at 80°, with plenty of moisture. 
Cherries: Give more air, and reduce the supply of water as the fruit 
approaches maturity. . Eemove the trees, and resume syringing when the fruit is 
gathered. Stop Plums at the fifth leaf; thin the fruit, syringe twice a day, and 
close the house for a short time. Give night air, and ventilate freely by day. 
Hardy Fruits: The past month has been the reverse of favourable for the 
setting of fruit, where unprotected, in low-lying situations. Complete the 
thinning of Apricots^ and hand-pick, if grubs are troublesome. Follow‘up the 
disbudding of Peaches and Nectarines ; stop gross shoots, to equalise the flow of 
sap. Apply the usual remedies for green-fly, and syringe with Gishurst for 
mildew. Water newly-planted trees, and syringe grafts in dry weather.— 
W. Coleman, Eastnor Castle. 
VEGETABLES 
Cut out the flowering stems from Seahale and Phuharh^ and clear away all 
litter where they have been forced or protected, getting the ground forked up 
between them. Plant out Cabbages., Lettuces., Walcheren and other Cauliflowers ; 
all these things for summer use should be planted in rich soil, well manured, and 
otherwise in good condition, for a rapid growth is indispensable to have them in 
perfection, Look over the seed-beds at once, and if there are any failures, sow 
again without delay. Sow more Lettuce., Cabbage., and of the different kinds of 
Cauliflower for succession; also Beet., Salsafy., Chicory., and Silver Onion., the 
latter on poor soil, well trodden down, to have the bulbs small for pickling. 
Continue to prick out Celery in a cool situation, as soon as the plants are 
large enough to handle; it is a good plan to prepare a bed for them, by putting three 
inches of light rich earth on a hard surface to prick them out upon, and at 
planting-time they will then lift with good balls of earth, and not receive any 
check. Some of the early-sown plants will now be ready for planting-out. 
Prepare trenches for them, and in so doing, use plenty of well-rotted manure. 
If the' manure is too fresh, or what is commonly termed green., the plants will 
