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THE FLOEIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ August, 
—soap-suds from the laundry may be used in the conservatory with the few, as 
the pots keep longer clean with this means. Pot on Ivies for indoor winter 
decoration, and strike or otherwise care for the shoots. Cuttings of them may 
be put in at any time, and the stock kept up and increased.— Heney Knight, 
Floors Castle. 
F.RUITS. 
Pines: Plants that have filled their fruiting-pots with roots may now have 
more air and light, with a gradual reduction of the supply of atmospheric mois¬ 
ture ; but checks must be guarded against, by keeping the roots fairly moist, in a 
bottom-heat of 80° to 85°. Pay every attention to young stock potted last 
month, and now in active growth; shade for a short time in the middle of the 
day ; ventilate freely to insure sturdy growth ; close early, with plenty of mois¬ 
ture, and give night-air at sunset. Take off and pot suckers as they become ripe, 
as nothing is gained at this season by leaving them too long on the plants. 
Grapes : Give abundance of air to houses from which the crop has been re¬ 
moved. Keep the foliage clean, and the borders in an intermediate state. To 
insure the Muscat, Lady Downes, and other late kinds keeping through the winter, 
they should be well finished by the middle of September. To this end, a little fire- 
heat may be needed to keep up a maximum heat of 85° and a minimum of 70°, 
with air night and day. As the Muscats cannot stand the direct rays of the sun 
through 21-oz. glass, they must have abundance of light, to lay on the golden 
finish. Attend to inside borders, and wage incessant war with red-spider. 
Peaches and Nectarines : See that the borders in the earliest house do not 
become too wet after the wood is ripe. Replace the lights, but give all the air 
possible, by leaving open both doors and ventilators. Give abundance of water to 
trees swelling off fruit in late houses, and ply the syringe freely until the fruit 
begins to show signs of changing. Assist the ripening of the wood in houses 
from which the crop has been gathered by the removal of useless wood; wash 
well with the engine. Watch for scale, and dress with a strong solution of Gis- 
hurst compound. 
Figs: The earliest trees from which the second crop has been gathered will 
now require less water at the root. Syringe the foliage, to keep it clean ; dress 
with Gishurst for scale, and maintain a dry warm atmosphere until the young 
growths are thoroughly matured. Trees swelling-off second crops will require a 
large supply of water, with free use of the syringe, to keep down red-spider. 
Ventilate freely, and expose the fruit to the sun, to improve colour and flavour. 
Stop strong shoots, and thin out all useless growths. 
Hardy Fruit: Persevere with the thinning and nailing of fruit-trees ; stop 
the strongest shoots, and expose Peaches and Nectarines changing colour to the 
full influence of the sun. Stop second growths on Pears., Apples., and Plums to 
the second bud. Prune and protect Currants., also Morello Cherries., with net¬ 
ting. Break-up old Strawherry-hedi^., and make new plantations on rich ground. 
The earliest runners from 60-sized pots will give the finest fruit next season. 
Each plant should have at least half a peck of strong virgin loam. Remove old 
Raspherry-coinQs,., and thin the young ones to four or six of the strongest when 
the crop is off ; tie loosely to the stakes, to prevent injury from the wind. See 
that root-pruned and newly-planted Fruit-trees do not suffer from want of water ; 
if they show signs of distress, syringe overhead after the sun is off. Attend 
to the untying and supporting of grafts, and pinch the points out of those 
shoots which are taking the lead.— W. Coleman, Eastnor Castle. 
