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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ April* 
For this style of cultivation the Morello Cherry is, by its peculiar style of growth, 
particularly well adapted, and the return per acre from a plantation of this sort 
is very great indeed. The ground being tolerably rich, the shoots are strong, 
with plenty of wood-buds ; a portion of these are spurred in to three or four eyes, 
and the others are partially cut down ; by this means a regular supply of bearing 
shoots is produced, without greatly increasing the size of the plant. When we 
see a plan adopted by practical men, like Mr. Dancer, as a profitable speculation, 
it requires little more to recommend it. Trees prepared for this method of 
culture may be procured in almost all our leading fruit-tree nurseries. 
The Morello Cherry may also be grown as a pyramid, and in gentlemen’s 
private gardens, where fruit-trees should be made as ornamental as possible, and 
in small gardens where time can be devoted to the operation, a judicious system 
of pinching the young shoots should be pursued. 
In particular, I would recommend that one-half the shoots ordinarily to be 
met with in Morello Cherry trees should be cut out, and measures taken to infuse 
greater vigour into the plants, for in this way finer fruit may be produced. 
Ordinary fruit may be purchased at 2d. per lb., but the finest fruit will fetch a 
much higher price. I have sold them as high as Is. 6d. per lb., and they were 
worth the money.—A. F. Barron, Chiswick. 
THE AET OF FOECING FEUIT AND FLOWEES.—II. 
^I^OLLOWING up my former remarks, I have a few words to offer on the 
general principles of Forcing. These, in regard to the subjects operated 
upon, may be set forth under the two following heads, viz. :—1. Exotic 
fruits, or flowers, especially such sorts as are indigenous to hotter 
climates—Pines, for instance, which when grown here with us by artificial means- 
require forcing in the early spring and autumn months, to bring their produce 
to a proper maturity, at what may, nevertheless, be to them in their native 
habitat their natural season. 2. Native fruits, flowers, &:c., or such as are 
habitats of countries possessing a natural warmth not exceeding, in some instances 
even less than, that of our own, and which are forced at, to them, unnatural sea¬ 
sons. There may be individual cases under these distinct divisions which may 
require special treatment in order to bring the process of forcing to a successful 
issue, and such cases require a certain amount of personal practice and observa¬ 
tion in order to their being successfully dealt with; but in regard to general 
principles, the treatment of each is sufficiently alike for^y purpose. 
Exotics requiring forced treatment in spring or autumn, require every ray of 
light possible. Light, in fact, should be held of the first importance in relation 
thereto, and all other requisite agencies should be used in aid thereof. According 
to the amount of light, so relatively must heat—artificial heat, of course—and 
moisture, little or much, be allowed. In regard to heat and moisture, the season 
must be taken into account by the thoughtful practitioner. In the spring months^ 
