THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



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Cold and greenhouse vineries, and also other vineries, the 

 borders of which are entirely outside, should be planted in the 

 autumn, and then there will be no danger of the vines suffering 

 from a check of any kind. When planted outside, a sufficient 

 length of the old cane can be left to extend into the house, so that 

 the young growth will be entirely under cover. There is not much 

 risk attached to planting at any of the above-mentioned periods, 

 provided the vines receive careful attention ; but the least risk is 

 attached to planting during October and November, and for that 

 reason planting at that period can be the most highly recommended 

 to the notice of amateur cultivators. A distance of three or four 

 feet apart will be suitable for ordinary vineries, and if it 'is intended 

 to train the vines on the extension system, they can be removed to 

 make way for the growth of the permanent vine. 



Pruning the vine might now engage our attention ; but, with 

 the aid of the accompanying diagrams, there will not be much 

 difficulty in understanding the following directions. Fi«-s. 1 and 

 2 show the vine trained on the one rod and spur system, and 



Fi<r. 3. 



Fig. 3 illustrates the extension and the long-rod system. "We will not 

 pause to inquire into the advantages and disadvantages of the two 

 systems, for the reasona stated in a former article, but will at once 

 pass on to describe the manner in wdiieh vines trained on each 

 system are pruned. -Fig. 1 is supposed to represent a vine after it 

 has completed its first season's growth, and has shed its leaves; 

 although vines will, if they do well, attain a length of fifteen or 

 twenty feet the first season, they should be trained under the 

 rafters, as shown in Fig. 2, or in the centre of the lights. The 

 wires should in both cases be fixed lengthwise of the house, at a 

 distance of about twelve inches from the glass, to admit of the full 

 development of the foliage without its touching the glass. JNo 

 stopping whatever is required during the first summer season, until 

 the top of the rafter is reached, and then the terminal point should 

 be pinched out, and the laterals which push from the axils of the 

 leaves allowed to grow unchecked, and it will be well to bear in 

 mind that it is very undesirable to incur the risk of starting the 

 main buds. Some time during the winter season, but not later than 

 the middle of February, cut the canes back to just above the lowest 

 bud, and carefully guard against the shoot which starts therefrom 

 being injured in any way, and fix a stake by which it can be sup- 



