. An encyclopædia of gardening; . orunder glass frames, to defend them from wet, turning the buds from the sun ; but let them have as muchfree air as possible, and refresh them often with water. In a month it wiU be observable which has taken,then untie them, and let them remain in the green-house all the winter. In spring cut off the stocksabout three inches above the buds, and place them in a moderate hot-bed, giving air and water, andshading as before. By the end of July they will have made shoots of two feet or more; then harden thembefore the cold sets in, that they maythe better stand th
. An encyclopædia of gardening; . orunder glass frames, to defend them from wet, turning the buds from the sun ; but let them have as muchfree air as possible, and refresh them often with water. In a month it wiU be observable which has taken,then untie them, and let them remain in the green-house all the winter. In spring cut off the stocksabout three inches above the buds, and place them in a moderate hot-bed, giving air and water, andshading as before. By the end of July they will have made shoots of two feet or more; then harden thembefore the cold sets in, that they maythe better stand the winter. In the first winter after their shooting,you must keep them very warm, for by forcing them in the bark-bed they will be somewhat tenderer;but it is very necessary to raise them totheir height in one season, that their stems may be straight, forin trees which are two or more years growing to their heading height, the stems are always crooked. Inthe succeeding years their management wUl be the same as for fuU-grown 5908. The Italian process of raising and budding. 3 D In the orange-nurseries at Nervi, 770 PRACTICE OF GARDENING. Faht III.
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