. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. THE OECHARD-HOUSE. 73 cessful culture would impossible. Therefore tanks should be provided for catching all the rain- water that falls on the - roof of every house and building within easy reach. Soft water answers best for syringing, as it is free from lime, and does not leave a deposit on the fruit. Next to this, water from an open tank or running stream, after it has been warmed and exposed to the atmosphere, answers very well for watering the trees and damping the floors. Cold spring-water, which one would choose for do- mestic purposes, is objecti
. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. THE OECHARD-HOUSE. 73 cessful culture would impossible. Therefore tanks should be provided for catching all the rain- water that falls on the - roof of every house and building within easy reach. Soft water answers best for syringing, as it is free from lime, and does not leave a deposit on the fruit. Next to this, water from an open tank or running stream, after it has been warmed and exposed to the atmosphere, answers very well for watering the trees and damping the floors. Cold spring-water, which one would choose for do- mestic purposes, is objectionable, as it chills and checks the tender foliage, and carries away the stimulating matter contained in the compost and top used in a diluted state after the fruit is set, and when the roots of the trees are in the greatest activity. Where these drainings cannot be obtained, good liquid can be made by placing bags filled with animal manure in the tanks provided for root-watering, but never in those from which water for syringing is obtained. As all fruit-trees thrive upon a change of food, weak guano-water and soot-water may be used alternately with great advantage. The latter in a weak clarified state may also be used for occasional syringing on fine evenings after the house is closed. When soot-water is judiciously used, all stone-fruit trees soon put on a dark green luxuriant growth of. Fig. 3.—Section of Mr. Pearson's House. {Scale: 8 ftet to 1 inch.) dressing. In dry seasons, when an abundance of water is imperative, the soft water should be hus- banded for syringing with. Pond or river water should be used for watering and cleansing purposes, and spring-water, well warmed and aerated, should only be used when the others fail. In large houses a system of watering with the hose will economise labour, provided elevated tanks can be constructed for giving pressure. This, how- ever, cannot always be secured; but be the system what it may, the supply must be plentiful and re
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