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four lateral shoots, which must be trained at, regular distances apart for 
fruiting. 1 do not wish my plants to bear. before they have nearly 
covered the trellis, by which time they are furnished with good healthy 
leaves and an abundance of roots, I have omitted to mention that 
when the, roots protrude from the hillocks in which they were first 
planted, the space between them should be filled up with a similar 
compost to that in which they were planted.. This bed will serve the 
plants for the season, but may be helped by surfacing an inch or 
two deep at a time when the soil becomes exhausted, adding a little 
rich, dung to the loam. . By getting the plants strong before the 
dark days, they always. resist the unfavourable, weather of winter, 
produce more fruit, and keep a much longer time in bearing than when 
fruited young and before they become well established... I keep my night 
temperature. at 68° or 70° all through the winter, giving at the same 
time air more or less on every opportunity. Strong soot. water, or liquid 
guano, both of them ina clear state, are given towards the end of the 
year, as the plants begin to. show symptoms of exhaustion ; and I find 
that it has a good effect to wash oyer their foliage with clear. soot. or 
guano water occasionally. _ It is not desirable to allow the plants too much 
room—a space of from eight to ten square feet of trellis will be large 
enough for one plant to cover. Great care is necessary to keep a regular 
supply of young Vines, to produce fruit in succession, and also not to 
allow the plants to be overcropped, or they will soon become stunted 
and cease bearing altogether. From 8 to 12 inches in length is quite 
sufficient for winter, or indeed for any, season, Cucumber; and never 
-allow the fruit to become old, for when the seeds commence forming 
they tax the plant much more severely than at an earlier stage. | I 
heed not name sorts, as every grower has his own favourite. Cuthill’s 
Black Spine, Wood’s Black Spine, Berkshire Champion, and. Turner's 
-Fayourite, I have found the best of the spine varieties, and are all 
good forcing kinds; and Lord Kenyon’s Favourite and. Improved Syon 
House are the best of that class. . Mildew is kept down by dusting the 
infested leaves over with dry sulphur on a fine day, and black-fly must 
be attacked with the fumigating bellows immediately itis seen. One 
hint more—neyer destroy a healthy leaf, nor cut the shoots with a knife, 
but use your thumb and finger ; and, above all, never check your plants 
by diminishing or greatly increasing your heat suddenly. igh ls 
LETTERS FROM PARIS. 
I hope to. start, for Dijon to-morrow and the next day for Paris. I 
like to become acquainted with those grand provincial, towns of which 
L, N, may be more proud than of Paris that he has done more for, and 
-what he has done will pay better, especially at Marseilles and Lyons ; 
indeed, the city is already hardly second to any, and when the tens of 
thousands of Plane: trees, Acacias, and Sycamores havea few years’ 
growth the promenades will be unrivalled. ‘The care, bestowed on 
planting those young trees merits notice; they are trained in the 
