==Temperatures.==—­No advantage is to be gained by attempting to force Tomatoes in a higher temperature than is consistent with healthy progress, although in winter there is great temptation in the direction of overheating.  Full time for development in moderate heat will bring stout joints, and impart a vigorous constitution that materially aids the plants in resisting the insidious attacks of disease.  The waning autumn and dull winter days are the most troublesome periods of management, and it is remarkable that of two days equal in duration and apparently in other conditions, the autumnal appears to be less favourable than the spring day.  But if, on the one hand, a high temperature is injurious, a low temperature must be avoided; although for a time it may not appear to be harmful.  A temperature of 60 deg. or 65 deg. suits the seed-pans, and after transfer to pots and the roots have become established, the thermometer should not register less than 55 deg. during the night.  It may rise 10 deg. by means of fire heat in the daytime, and during bursts of sunshine another 10 deg. or 15 deg. will be quite safe, always assuming that the roots are not dry, and that the plants have free ventilation.

==Watering.==—­The judicious administration of water forms an important feature in the culture of the Tomato.  The plant is too succulent to endure drought with impunity, and it is mere folly to toy with the water-can.  Saturate down to the roots, and then leave the plants alone until more water is wanted.  No hard and fast rule can be stated as to frequency.  It depends on the condition of the soil, the period of the year, and the age of the plants.  Borders and soil for pots should be made sufficiently moist in advance, so that watering will not be necessary immediately after the plants are transferred.  The prevalent opinion that excessive watering generates disease is not confirmed by our experience.  Of course the watering should not be excessive for many reasons, but the diseases which are often attributed to over-watering are the result of atmospheric mismanagement.

==General Treatment.==—­Authorities are not agreed as to whether branched plants or simple cordons yield the better results.  In our judgment the single stem deserves preference, and it is now more extensively grown than any other form, although plants having two branches are almost equally popular.  Certainly the cordon can be managed with extreme ease; it is admittedly the earliest producer, and there is a general consensus of opinion that the fruit it produces is unsurpassed in size and quality.  The doubtful point is quantity, but even here the difference, if any, is too trifling to be worth the consideration of private growers.  Cordons are formed by removing the laterals as fast as they appear, and when the fruit has set, or the requisite height is attained, the top is also pinched out.