The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-07-16 00:00:00

FORCING.

Ptr.ce.—See last week for these, and proceed brbkly with
the repotting of anything that requires a shift. When It is
necessary to use a little tire at night and the first thing In the
morning, merely warm the pipes in the morning, and stop
the fires early if there are any signs of its being swarm sunny
day When a strong fire Is 10-pt tip until the sm. has acquired
Its full power, Vie interior of the lilt. and hone .s become so
hot that extra ventilation Is necessary to keep dew. the
temperat was, and the plants are c,insequently exposed to the
dtling lnlioencs of the hit pipes and an extra supply of dry
external air at the same time. When this from any Cans,
happrni, throw a few extra el. of water ix the paths to
make up for the extra humidity extracted from the air. 10
gittrdiug against an undue luxuriance, through too notch
ahade and atm .spheric moisture and too little air, the other
extreme must ha avoided, or the plants will present a brown
starved appearance, which is nearly as bad, and always in-
dicative of improper management.

VOWS —Air shotdd he given early in the morning to there
in all staces. so that any moisture on the foliage can he dried
up tel ire the sun can act upoo It Very little air Is necessary
to accomplish title; keedng the home closed until the sun
Is shining with full force up ill it is sure ti end in injury to
the foliage, more or less, in proportion to the length of time
which elapses before the ventilators are opentil Muscats
most have a mean of so dogs, now, but of course those that are
ripe must be kept cool, and the house well aired the ssme as
the other grapes.

P,ae he ;and Nectarines —Take the lights off thole houses
from tahich the crops are gathered It Is a mistake to build
houses for these fruits with fixed roofs Instead of being
able to remove the sashes and levies the labour of syringing
the foliage and wa,ering the hinters to the rains Just now,
the cultivator is bound to do this himself, and perform
labour that he would hays had no necessity to do had the
houees been built properly in the first instance. Good crop.
of fruit are tincoubtedly gathered every year in houses with
Used roofs, hut it is only by extra trouble that it can be done,
and tutu then it Is seldom we see such fine healthy wood as
on trees that are expozed folly to all atmospheric Influences

Creenhouse —Eric vs, to have justice done to Venn, (nicht
not to he put entirely out of doors. Cold pits, with the lights
tilted back and front, or entirely removed excepting dung
heavy rains, are the proper places for them A very simple
plaii to protect them can be carried out by driving a few
poste in Vie gr- mid, nailing a few cr. aapieces to them, and
laying some lights thereon This will protect from wet, and
at the some time expose them freely to the air. Old lights
will do provided they are water-tight ; but those that will
cause a drip on any of the plants must not be used, as that
will ha worse than no covering at all Litton.; and other
bulbous plants intended for autumn•llowering, and now grow-
ing freely must have frequent supplies of moderately strong
manure-water.
ORCHID HOUSE.

The general col'ectlon may be kept in per'ect health now
without fire-best, by shutting up early and sprinkling the
II or of the house to cause a humid atmosphere Do not
she .e overmuch—generally from tell till three will be quite
suffk-ient 'rem this time till shading is dispensed with alto-
gether. Small specimens of Staohopeas should he now
shine I Into large Welke's, in which thry CAI push their
flowers downwards, the hest material to MI the baskets
with is chopped moss, and the tough felt-like fP,re of good
peat with all the soil removed. The baskets should he
shallow. After shifting, keep them well supplied with atmo-
spheric moisture, but only moderately moist at the root.
Specimens that do not require a shift are to be encouraged
to grow as coon as they have done flowering, in or•er to
assist the completion of their pseudo-bulbs, and then they
must be reduced to a state of rest by gradually withholding
wattr, or to have hut little until they again begin to grew.
All the Stahhopeu will grow in either house.