THE NBW QRENNEL VERMONT GRAPERY. 



diiii!:: (ir tun in winter, wliicli they put (in or take o(T, according to the state of the 

 weiiliior. The compost reijuires no additional manure till the expiration of about 

 six years, when it should be mixed with fresh sand and dun<r, as before. When 

 the Ilyacintli leaves begin to wither, the bulbs sliould be taken up, the leaves cut 

 otf, and the bulb laid on its side, covering it lightly witli the compost, about two 

 inches thick ; in this state they should remain about a month, then taken up in 

 dry weather, and exposed to the open air some liours, l)ut not to a powerful sun. 

 They should afterwards be carefully examined, and all the decayed parts removed 

 by a knife. The bulbs should be placed in the store-room, which ought to bo 

 airy, about the end of June ; they must not be suffered to touch each other, and 

 should be frequently examined, in order to remove those which may show fresh 

 symptoms of decay. They will require keejiing in a dry, cool, airy room ; if damp 

 westerly winds prevail, the ventilators should be kei)t closed. Before they are 

 replanted in autumn, they should again be carefully examined, and all decayed 

 parts and withered coats removed. 



My experience prompts me to say that those who will take the trouble of fol- 

 lowing these hints may i)roduce Hyacinth bulbs equal to those imported from 

 HollaW 



THE NEW GRENNEL VERMONT GRAPERY. 



" There is a man now living (1828) who remembers a circular fruit wall at Shirbnrne 

 Hospital (Durham), the wall with the fruit trees, and consequently wherein they were 

 planted being movable, so that the trees might be turned to the sun, or removed from an 

 unfavorable wind." 



The above we copy from that excellent periodical, LittelVs Living Age, where 

 it has found room from some of those lurking places which the editor is always 

 successfully rumaging. It notices an old invention, and doubtless a good one 

 for those who can afford to practise it. But our object in copying it is to make 

 it an opportunity for chronicling a newer patent, and one which has at least the 

 semblance at first sight of novelty, and perhaps, of utility. Somebody down east 

 has invented the very most curious grapery! which we should have noticed some 

 weeks ago, but we confess we had some misgivings lest somebody or other should 

 laugh at it or us ; the model for the patent fell accidentally under our notice ; we 

 made a drawing of it, and, as happens with hundreds of other drawings, we laid 

 it carefully away for something to give us an excuse to display it hereafter ; but 

 we are not destined to bring this procrustean grapery into notice, as it has been 

 done for us by an eastern editor. 



We submitted the plan to our able correspondent, Mr. Chorlton, good autho- 

 rity on the sul)ject, and have received his reply, which we publish below; but, 

 first, we must briefly say that the plan embraced the training the grape-vines on 

 frames which open and shut like doors, so that when they are all swung they stand 

 parallel to each other, the vines being so planted that when opening and closing 

 they will not be drawn — that is, the lower stem is to be long enough to allow of 

 being stretched. The vines are thus crowded into a small space, and the inventor 

 claims economy in building, &c. 



" New Beighton, Staten Island. 



" Dear Sir: Your note, including a plan and description of a patented grapery, came to 

 hand to-day. I have examined both very carefully, for I feel much interest in any con- 

 struction which has the double merit of being practically efficient and cheap. The thing is 

 certainly very ingenious, and, by planting the vines prcclsdi/ as directed, the frames or trel 

 might be made to open and shut as described ; biit what of that ; there is no advan 

 to be gained, for the exotic grape-vine would be subject to mildew in nine cases out of 



