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skilful amateur grape grower, Mr. Wells, of Southend, has made a 

 further improvement, and taken out a patent for its protection. The 

 improvement consists in putting all the parts together by means of 

 hinges, so that a vinery can be folded up like the leaves of a book, 

 and carried with ease from place to place, and when packed away, in 

 case of being out of use at any time, a vinery 14 feet long occupies 

 a space only 7 feet long by 20 inches wide. To make the utmost 

 use of such a structure, the cultivator should lay out in autumn a 

 series of beds of the same width as the vineries. In these beds 

 should be planted such things as cauliflower, saladings, sweet herbs, 

 and other useful subjects, that require a little protection, or that are 

 wanted for use early in the spring in advance of the ordinary out- 

 door supplies. Such things as fresh green mint, savory, thyme, etc., 

 are acceptable everywhere in the months of February and March, 

 when only dried herbs are ordinarily to be had ; and to secure them, 

 fresh and abundant it is only needful to have them planted in good 

 time in beds which can be covered with the frames. The engraving 

 will explain the peculiarities of this invention, and any further parti- 

 culars respecting it may be obtained by applying to Mr. Edwards, 

 seedsman, 25, Bishopsgate Street Within, London, E.G. 

 I shall conclude this with a list of 



TARIETIES or GEAPES WHICH MAT BE QKOWN TO PEEFECTION IN 

 GROUND YINEEIES. 



Black Hamhurgli * is one of the very best for the purpose. At 

 the Guildhall Flower Show in November last, Mr. Wells exhibited 

 the whole crop of Black Hamburghs from one of his vineries : the 

 bunches averaged a pound and a half each, and there were ninety-three 

 bunches in a run of forty-five feet, rather more than a bunch for 

 every six inches throughout. 



Trentliam Black :'■■— 'Bevvies large, and handsome bunch, flesh 

 juicy, rich, and with a peculiarly refreshing flavour. 



Btichess of Bucclcuch. — Lai-ge bunch, small berries, ripening a 

 greyish green colour. Not at all a handsome grape, but one 

 of the finest flavoured known. At the great fruit show at Edinburgh 

 in September last this was awarded the premier prize for flavour. 



Golden Frontignan. — Long bunch, small berry, ripening a clear 

 golden amber colour ; flesh crackling, very rich and good. 



Pi'imavis Frontifinan.'^- — Large bunch, large round berry, when 

 ripe a fine amber coloui", the flavour everything that a connoisseur 

 could desire. 



Chasselas Bose de Fallonx. — Large round berries, pale red, flavour 

 sweet, but not rich nor aromatic. It will be prized by many for its 

 beauty. 



Chasselas Tibert.^ — Large round berries, of a fine golden amber 

 colour, flesh juicy and rich ; a first-rate variety for this mode of culture. 



Chasselas Violet.'^ — Berries large, deep purple, flesh sweet and 

 refreshing, cannot be surpassed for fruitfulness. 



Boyal Muscadine. — When grown in ground vinery the berries are 

 larger, the flesh sweeter, and the aroma proper to the class more 

 fuUy developed than when grown on walls or in open vineyards. 



