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in Lady Downes by raising the night temperature and giving increased ventila¬ 
tion, with a little fire-heat early in the morning. 
Pines: Plants that are swelling fruit, as well as successions, will now take 
more water and atmospheric moisture. Give liquid manure to plants in active 
growth. Syringe over-head once or twice a week when fine. Damp the walls 
and interior of the pit, and close at 85°. Give little water to Pines that are ap¬ 
proaching maturity. If wanted to keep, remove to a dry cool house. Examine 
successions and shift before they become pot-bound, having previously given 
sufiicient water to thoroughly moisten the balls. Where the bottom-heat is good, 
fire-heat may be reduced, but a little will be necessary to keep up the night 
temperature. Reduce suckers on free kinds to two on each plant. Jamaicas and 
Smooth Cayennes for autumn fruiting should now receive their final shift. 
Black Prince is an excellent variety for winter work. 
Peaches: When the fruit is gathered from the earliest house, the trees must 
have abundance of air by opening all the movable sashes, and towards the end 
of the month they may be taken off altogether. Use the syringe freely, to keep 
the foliage clear of insects, and give the inside borders a good watering. If dry 
weather sets in, the outside borders may be mulched. Follow former directions 
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for the management of succession-houses. Syringe well to keep down spider. 
Tie down the shoots, and expose the fruit to the full influence of sun and air. 
Suspend Nottingham netting, or spread soft, new hay over the borders, to catch 
the fruit that drops. 
Figs: Maintain a free circulation of dry, warm air until the first crop of fruit 
is gathered, but do not let the roots want for good supplies of tepid liquid-manure. 
Aid the swelling of the second crop by mulching the pots and borders. Syringe 
twice a day, water freely, and close at 80° with plenty of moisture. Directions 
given for the management of the early house will apply to successions, when the 
fruit begins to change; but with increasing light and heat, more atmospheric 
moisture may be given. Stopping, tying, and thinning the shoots in the late houses 
must still have attention. 
Cherries and Plums: If red-spider has taken possession of the foliage during 
the time the ripe fruit has been hanging, steps must be taken for its removal im¬ 
mediately after it is gathered. Trees in pots may be taken out of the house and 
plunged in a warm, airy place, where they must be well syringed and liberally 
heated until they have finished their growth. Trees established under glass will 
be benefited by the removal of the lights towards the middle of the month. 
Syringe Plums with soft water until the fruit begins to change colour, and water 
with weak liquid-manure water. 
Hardy Fruits: Having completed disbudding, the stopping and training of 
the young growth on wall-trees will require early attention, the more so as crops 
are light, and growth will be vigorous. Stop gross shoots ; also points beyond 
the fruit where not wanted for leaders, on Peaches and Nectarines. Lay in no 
more wood than is wanted, and keep clean by the application of the usual 
remedies. Shorten back to about G in. fore-right shoots on Pears, Plums, and 
Cherries. Watch for black-fly, and dip in tobacco-water. Train young shoots 
for filling up blanks. Remove all temporary copings, to give the trees the full benefit 
of light and showers. As growth proceeds, pyramidal trees of Plums, Pears, and 
Apples must be thinned, and pinched into form. Lose no time in getting for¬ 
ward runners of Strawberries, layered into 3-in. pots, for forcing and planting. 
These plants in their turn give much better runners than plants that have been 
forced.—W. Coleman, Eastnor Castle, 
