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lifted and placed in the forcing house or in pits, where a moderate 
heat can be maintained; place the roots thickly together, and 
cover them with about six inches of light earth; keep the pits 
close till the heads appear, when air should be given. Sea-kale 
may be forced in a similar way, by covering the crowns with coal 
ashes to blanch the heads; some in the open ground may also be 
covered with pots, and a good bed of leaves placed over them. A 
few roots of Rhubarb should be placed in the forcing house for 
early use, also a few pots of Tarragon and Mint. Basil can be 
propagated from cuttings through the winter, which is a better 
way than growing from seed. Take up Chicory roots and place 
them in the mushroom house, or some other dark place to grow 
and blanch. Cucumbers will now require every care to keep them 
healthy; a night temperature of 75° should be maintained, with 
air through the day at every favourable opportunity; use water 
rather sparingly at the root for the present. Plant out those sown 
last month. 
Cherries and Plums .—This is the best time for potting young 
trees for succession, and all pot plants intended for forcing by- 
aud-bye should be examined; see that the drainage is perfect, and 
those requiring more pot-room should be shifted, and when finished 
plunged in a bed of leaves or litter, to protect the pots and roots 
from frost. 
Strawberries .—The pots should now be protected from frost 
and drenching rains. Those intended for early work had better 
be placed under glass in a cold frame to get dry; others for later 
crops may be plunged sideways in ridges of coal ashes or litter. 
Peach House .—Place the sashes on the early house, and finish 
tying the trees. If early Peaches are required, the house should 
be closed at night, but do not apply fire-heat for the present, 
except the nights are cold and frosty, when a little fire-heat may 
be given towards the end of the month. Surface the inside 
border with a mixture of fresh loam and dung. 
Pines .—Give air at every favourable opportunity to the succes¬ 
sion plants, but close the pits early in the afternoon. Keep a 
steady bottom heat from 75° to 80°, and a night temperature of 
65°, with a rise of 10° to 15° during sunshine. Less water will 
now be needed. Plants swelling their fruit should be kept a little 
warmer than the succession plants; keep the atmosphere moist, 
and give air every mild quiet day. Collect plenty of leaves to be 
in readiness for filling pits when they may be required. 
Vinery .—Look over ripe grapes frequently, and cut out all 
decayed berries; give fire-heat during the day in damp weather, 
giving air at the same time to dry the damp. If the early vinery 
was closed last month, a little fire-heat may now be given in cold 
weather, so that the night temperature does not fall below 45°, 
and keep about 60° through the day; use the syringe every day, 
and keep a moist atmosphere by sprinkling the pipes and fioor of 
the house; give air in fine weather, and raise the temperature 5° 
by the end of the month. Prune the vines in the succession house 
