. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. 32 CASSELL'S POPULAR GARDENING. ELEVATION a very important item, not only in the production oi. firm, short-jointed wood, but also in laying on colour when the Peaches are taking their last swell- ing. In shape and construction, a range of lean-to houses need not differ from good Vineries, provided the pitch is sharp enough to carry off water freely, and prevent the lodgment of snow; hut in order to rest the easily - excited occupants, and give the foliage, wood, and roots the full benefit of summer rains and refreshing dew, all early and mid-season ho
. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. 32 CASSELL'S POPULAR GARDENING. ELEVATION a very important item, not only in the production oi. firm, short-jointed wood, but also in laying on colour when the Peaches are taking their last swell- ing. In shape and construction, a range of lean-to houses need not differ from good Vineries, provided the pitch is sharp enough to carry off water freely, and prevent the lodgment of snow; hut in order to rest the easily - excited occupants, and give the foliage, wood, and roots the full benefit of summer rains and refreshing dew, all early and mid-season houses should be built with sash and rafter, or portable roofs. It is now a very common practice to place closely - glazed, skeleton- looking, fixed roofs over Peaches from which ripe fruit is expected in May, or it may be June, and what is still less likely to happen, the foliage during the two succeeding months, which are generally very hot, is expected to resist the attacks of spider under bad syring- ing, or perhaps no syringing at all, and go [ through that [ period not only without injury, but ab- solutely per- forming its functions. To -steer clear of the evils which follow roast- ing, when the trees, whose season has been reversed, ought to be resting, every light on early houses should slide up and down freely, and be easily removed when removal is considered necessary. Mid-season and late houses do not positively require stripping, consequently the cheaper fixed roof may be placed over the trees ; but all forced Peach-trees are bene- fited by exposure to fine late summer and autumn rains, while very many are ruined by having the glass roofs kept over them, when they ought to be thrown open to the heavens. The horticulturist, be he amateur or professional, will not assume that trees under all circumstances require stripping, even for a short period, as late. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for rea
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