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THE FLOKIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ November, 
not get saturated with wet. Give air at every favourable opportunity to the 
succession-plants, but close the pits early in the afternoon ; keep a steady bottom- 
heat of about 75°, and a night temperature of 65°, with a rise of 10° or 15° 
during sunshine. Less water will now be needed, especially in pits without fire- 
heat. Plants in fruit should range a little warmer than the succession-plants, 
the atmosphere being kept moist, and air given every mild, quiet day. 
Cherries and Plums: This is a good time for potting young trees for succession ; 
and all pot-plants intended for forcing next season should be examined, to see 
that the drainage is perfect, and to give those requiring it more pot-room. 
These should be shifted into fresh loam and rotten manure. The pots of those 
not requiring to be shifted should be surfaced with the same kind of compost, 
after removing a portion of the old soil. When finished, protect the pots and 
roots from frost by plunging them in leaves or litter. 
Strawberries in Pots: These should now be in their winter quarters. Those 
intended for early forcing had better be placed under glass in a cold frame to 
get dry; others for later work should be plunged sideways in ridges of coal- 
aslies or litter, to protect them from frost and drenching rains. 
Hardy Fruit: Every kind of fruit-tree may now be planted with advantage ; 
and doubtless this is the best time for removing, root-pruning, lifting, and re¬ 
planting large trees, to induce fruitfulness. The latter plan is most 
applicable to Pear-trees that are making strong growth. In some cases, 
where the subsoil is unfavourable to the health of the trees, they should 
be occasionally lifted and fresh soil placed about the roots, for the sole 
object of keeping these latter near the surface. In renewing old Wall-trees , 
the border should be well trenched to its full width, and some fresh loam and 
rotten manure added as the work proceeds ; get the ground well forked over and 
aired before planting the new trees, and when that is complete, the surface of the 
soil should be mulched with manure or litter, to encourage them to root at once. 
This will apply to all newly planted trees. Go over Peach and Nectarine-trees 
with a soft broom, and remove a portion of the leaves for the purpose of admit¬ 
ting sun and air to ripen the wood. Any fruit-trees that have shed their leaves 
may now be pruned , and if infested with scale or moss, they should be painted 
over with a mixture of soft-soap and tobacco-liquor before the trees are nailed in. 
If any late Pears or Apples remain on the trees, they should be gathered at once. 
Look over the fruit store often, and remove all fruit going to decay. Give air till 
the sweating process is over, after which time the store should be closed. A dry, 
cool, close atmosphere is best adapted for the long keeping of winter fruit.—J. 
Powell, Frogmore. 
, VEGETABLES. 
Towards the middle of the month Broad Beans and Peas may be sown for 
the earliest spring crops ; the former upon any open, exposed border or quarter, 
and the latter upon sunny southern slopes or sites, and where all the most favour¬ 
able conditions will be enjoyed. A chance sowing of some kind of short-top 
Badish made during the first week in the month often furnishes a very useful crop 
for drawing, either in the early winter, or following spring, according to the 
mildness or otherwise of the weather. In all instances where seedling Winter 
Lettuces have grown freely, and have assumed a moderately large size—and this 
will be the case generally this autumn, owing to the mild moist weather 
experienced—it will be advisable to transplant them; placing the largest into 
frames, pits, or other protectors, if at hand, or simply taking them up and re¬ 
planting them on the same site. By these means they will be in a condition the 
