ON THE CULTIVATION OF THE STRAWBERRY. 51 
forcing it will be advisable to remove the plants to a frame, pit, 
or greenhouse, to prepare them for going into the fruiting 
house, as it would not be desirable to take them at once from a 
cold situation to a hot one : they may be kept out as long as it 
is wished, and only a few brought in at a time, according to 
the demand ; some may be kept out, so as just to precede those 
growing in the open ground. If the strawberries are intended 
to be forced in a stove amongst pines, where they cannot be 
plunged in the tan-bed, it will be requisite to shift the plants 
into larger pots in the autumn, that they may be well rooted 
before they are removed to the stove; if they are placed in a 
frame, as above noticed, in the beginning of November, where 
they will be sheltered from the frost, it will prepare them for 
the stove, into which they may be removed about December, 
earlier or later, depending on the time they are wanted. Those 
who wish to have them very early may make a slight hot bed 
under frames, and place the plants in, about the latter end of 
October; they will thus be brought early into flower, and may 
then be removed into the stove. When the plants are put into 
the stove, they must be placed as near the glass as is convenient, 
so that they may have the benefit of the sun and air ; for when 
they are placed far from the glass, they get drawn up weak, 
and the flowers will fall without setting the fruit: it will be 
requisite to give them as much air as can be afforded, consist¬ 
ently with the keeping up the heat of the house. The plants, 
when placed on the shelves of the stove, must be duly supplied 
with water, as they will dry up rapidly; but they must not have 
too much, and care must be taken that the bloom or fruit is not 
wetted, for if the water comes in contact with the fruit after 
the saccharine or maturing assimilation commences, it will 
spoil the quality and flavour of the fruit, by filling it with 
aqueous matter. If the plants are properly managed they will 
produce fruit in February, which is as soon as they are gene¬ 
rally wanted. 
Forcing on Hotbeds. — It may be perhaps as well to 
mention the manner of forcing the strawberry in a common hot 
bed, as many individuals may not have the advantage of a 
stove; but if they have got frames, the object may be gained 
by the following plan : the plants are to be prepared as already 
directed, and placed in a warm situation in the beginning of 
October ; then about the beginning of January, or sooner, if 
