If the weather should be such as is generally looked for in July, tire-heat even in the coldest localities will not be much required; and in the warmer parts of the country it will be almost entirely superseded by the more invigorating, because natural, heat of the sun. Still, if a time of dull wet weather should occur, fires must be lighted to keep the atmosphere in pits and houses from stagnating, and the heat from falling much below the maximum. Succession plants for fruiting early next season will, under favourable conditions, be growing very rapidly, and every precaution must be exercised to prevent them making a soft drawn growth. Liberal supplies of fresh air on all tine days is the chief agent in producing a robust and fruitful growth. As soon as the temperature touches 75° in the morning, give a little air, and increase it at intervals till noon, when, in warm calm weather, a free circulation of air should play about the plants. Syringe these every fine afternoon through a fine rose at shutting-up time, which should be sufficiently early to run up the heat to 85° for a time. The night temperature at 10 p.m. should be 75°, allowing it to fall to 70° in the morning.

Owing to the backwardness of the season, some of the early Queens, which are generally all cut by this time, may be just finishing off, and can be removed to any cooler airy place when nearly ripe. The suckers of these will be ready by the middle or end of the month for being potted into 7-inch pots. When potted, plunge in a bottom heat of 90°, and give them plenty of room. Shade for a few hours in the middle of the day, and keep them rather close until the first signs of emitting roots, when they should have a good watering and the shadingbe gradually discontinued. Fruit now swelling off may, if necessary, be pushed on with a higher temperature than is desirable early in the season. Keep them well supplied with guano-water. Make the most of sun-heat by shutting up early, so that the thermometer touch 90° for a short time, with a thoroughly moist atmosphere. See that the pots are resting firmly in the plunging material, for if it shrinks from the pots the soil dries sooner, and much more frequent waterings are necessary, which is undesirable. Now is a good time to start a late batch of fruiters for winter ripening.

If, according to former directions, these have been kept cooler and drier for a month, all other things being equal, an increase of heat and moisture should now bring them into fruit.

Pine Forcing #1

By the end of this month early Queens intended for starting into fruit next January and February should have their pots well filled with roots, and be strong and well matured in growth. They should now be managed so that they neither make much more growth on the one hand, nor on the other be allowed to receive any violent check. It requires a nice adjustment of circumstances to have these plants in proper condition. To have them "pot - bound " too early, and subjected to a high temperature throughout the autumn, would either cause them to fruit prematurely, or they would show fruit very early in the year which would be a mere abortion, and come to nothing. The temperature should therefore be decreased gradually as the days shorten. The amount of moisture in both the soil and air must be correspondingly lessened, but not to such an extent just now as is quite safe in the dead of winter. That portion of the stork of Queens intended to make a growth in spring before starting must still be encouraged to grow as directed last month. Smooth Cayennes, and other late-fruiting sorts that are now out of flower, must be encouraged with copious waterings of guano-water when they require it, to keep the soil steadily moist.

Keep the atmosphere damp by means of sprinklings, and at shutting-up time syringe the plants overhead - missing as much as possible the crowns; also damp the surface of the bed and all about the collars of the plants with the syringe. Let the heat run up for a time to from 85° to 90°, with sun-heat after shutting up; and use fire-heat sufficient to prevent it falling below 70° before morning. Give fruit that are colouring plenty of air. Keep them drier than plants swelling their fruit, but avoid drying them off entirely at this season. Smooth Cayennes, and other sorts in younger stages that are growing freely, should be supplied with fresh air sufficient to prevent their drawing; and see that they get no check for want of water. Syringe them gently on bright afternoons when shut up, and give air in the morning as soon as the heat exceeds 75°. Suckers on plants that have fruited up to this time will now be strong and ready to pot. Put them in 7 or 8 inch pots, according to their size. Drain the pots well, use a rather light fibryloam, and pot firmly, plunging them in a bottom-heat of 90°. Keep them rather close and moist, and shade them in the heat of the day till they make roots.

Then water well, and inure by degrees to full light and air.