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nothing about tying out and many other small matters, for the 

 simple reason that every cultivator either knows what to do or will 

 soon find it out. 



From cuttings. — This method of growing them has this advan- 

 tage, that before you begin you know exactly what sort of flowers 

 you will have, which is impossible with seedlings. The named kinds^ 

 ■which of course you would alone select from, are remarkably beauti- 

 ful. The best time to take cuttings is immediately after flowering, 

 and as soon as enough cuttings are obtained throw the old plants 

 away, for they are useless, and should never be preserved except for 

 some peculiar reason, and then it needs much care and skill to keep 

 them in health. Short, plump, rather soft shoots make the best 

 cuttings, and these root quickly in a mixture of half peat and half 

 sand, on a gentle bottom heat, if kept close and shaded. When 

 rooted, pot them on, and grow them to flowering size in precisely 

 the same way as described above for seedlings. Cuttings may also 

 be taken in February to make nice plants for a late summer bloom ;. 

 and if a quantity of any particularly choice variety is wanted, cuttings 

 should be put in whenever they can be got. 



I shall not lengthen out this paper by any further observa- 

 tions, and I will not attempt to give a list of choice varieties, 

 because there is not a bad one to be found among the named 

 kinds. I have for several years taken the names of the best kinds 

 at the great shows, but these names are of no tise, for the plants 

 were seedlings named for convenience merely, and to bring them 

 within the rules of exhibiting. Not having been propagated, no one 

 can obtain them. If I wanted a collection of named kinds to begin 

 with, I should order them of Mr. John Salter, of Hammersmith, who 

 is the only trader who (so fi;r as I know) makes a feature of them in 

 his catalogue. But I greatly prefer a pinch of Mr. James's seed 

 from JMr. B. S. "Williams, and before this is published I shall have- 

 sown at least one pan full. 



John Walsh. 



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HOUSE full of vines is as pretty an object as any lover 

 of garden can have for the enjoyment of himself and 

 friends, and only needs reasonable management to 

 insure very profitable results. When I say reasonable 

 management, I mean that to grow good grapes is not 

 at all a difiicult task, and I will endeavour, in as few words as pos- 

 sible, to sketch out a plan of procedure. I shall suppose the intend- 

 ing cultivator has no house, and must therefore build. The first 

 step, then, is to construct 



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If there is a good wall, a lean-to may soon be put up, and there 

 may be a border outside, and the vines brouglit in and trained to 

 the rafters. Under the vines a few orchids may be grown. Better 

 still ferns, as the vines will give them shade just when they require 



