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The number then closes with a chapter of Varieties or Scraps, and facts ga¬ 
thered from various quarters. These extracts will serve to show its nature, and 
tend to prove what we before advanced, viz. that it is an interesting and in¬ 
structive Work. 
EXTRACTS. 
HORTICULTURAL INTELLIGENCE. 
Culture of Vines without Pots. —Mr. Bowers, Gardener at Heskfield 
Place, Hartford Bridge, Hampshire, treats his pines in a similar manner to that 
described by Mr. Mitchinson, page 5, only instead of turning the plants out 
into the mould he plants them six inches deep in half decayed leaves; they root 
well in the leaves, and the suckers also make good roots before taken ofif. By 
this treatment both fruit and suckers are obtained much finer than when fruited 
in pots; and there is much less expense and trouble during the fruiting season, 
as no heat is given into the pit after they are planted out. They never require 
any water, except syringing over them in a high temperature.— Gard. Mag. 
Pit for early Cucumbers, and a Mode of Culture. —Let a three light 
pit be made of the usual size, and having the appearance of M’Phail’s plan, ex¬ 
cept in the open work being stopped up; the flues to be continued round the 
sides of the pit, and the other flue to go under the bottom lengthwise in the 
middle, but no cross flues, as in M’Phails plan; the sides of the flue in the bot¬ 
tom of the pit to be filled up with broken bricks or stones, to make it level; the 
top of the pit, and the lights, to be as in general. Next, opposite the two rails, 
about five feet from the front of the pit, let two wooden trunks be sunk in the 
ground till they come to a level at the top ; the height of the trunks to be about 
18 inches, the space in the middle to be about 5 inches square. Then let two 
leaden pipes be laid from the pit to each of the trunks, one end of each pipe to 
enter the trunk about half way to the bottom, the other end to be applied to the 
pit; each pipe to emerge from the ground about 18 inches before it reaches the 
pit; then with an easy turn let each pipe be carried up the side of the pit; one 
pipe from each trunk to enter the upper part of the flues; the other two to enter 
above the flues, one under each rail that supports the lights. Next, let there be 
two pieces of small pipe, about two feet long; let one of these pieces be applied 
to end of the pit near to the back leading from the upper part of the back flue 
to the top of the pit, the back flue being one brick higher than the others. The 
two front pipes that enter the flues, are to keep them constantly supplied with 
atmospheric air, and the small tubes at the ends are to take away the nocturnal 
vapour, which has no other means of escape. The other two pipes that enter 
under the rail are to convey warm atmospheric air among the plants, which is 
constantly passing into the pit, and escapes at the back of the lights, they being 
a little raised at the back, and a small piece of board being pegged up against 
it, to keep the cold winds from blowing under. Thus there is a constant supply 
of fresh warm air day and night. The size of the large pipes is an inch and 
three quarters, the small tubes are three quarters of an inch. 
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