A CHEAP VINERY. 



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bage kind we have ever eaten, not except- 

 ing the broccoli and cauliflower. 



It is an old saying, the proof of the 

 quality of the " pudding is in the eating of 

 it," and in accordance with your wish, I for- 

 ward you a sample, hoping they may arrive 

 safe, and prove as agreeable to your taste 

 as they have to mine. 



I also received a paper of seeds, marked 

 " German Greens, beautifully curled," part 

 of which I sowed on a deep rich sandy 

 loam, and I think it the very best plant for 

 greens that I have any knowledge of. I 

 had about forty plants. The leaves much 

 resemble those of the sea-kale, abundant, 

 very curly, and succulent. I have had them 

 cooked, at the same time with beet leaves 

 and other kinds of greens, but the German 

 Greens have, with us, the preference over 

 all others. They bear plucking remarkably 

 — take off all the leaves but a few small 



ones at the top or crown of the plant, and 

 in a few days there will be a new supply, 

 which may be kept up through the whole 

 season. I think it must be one of the very 

 best plants to supply a market with greens. 

 I shall let a part remain where they grew, 

 and take up a part for the purpose of 

 setting them out next spring for early 

 greens. 



Of the several varieties of broccoli and 

 cauliflower seeds you sent me, some of them 

 promised to be remarkable specimens, as 

 the leaves were a yard in length ; but from 

 the 25th of July up to the 25th of October, 

 we have scarcely had rain enough to lay 

 the dust, so that very few of them flowered, 

 and they manifested too strong a disposition 

 to shoot up into blossom branches, and run 

 up to seed. Most truly yours. 



Levi Bartlett. 



Warner, N. H., Nov. 2, 1846. 



Description of a Cheap Viiiery for Foreign Grapes. 



BY THE CORRESPONDING SECRETARY OF THE NEW-JERSEY HORT. SOCIETY. 



Dear Sir — In compliance with your re- 

 quest, I have obtained permission of Chas. 

 Chauncey, Esq., to give you a description, 

 for publication in the Horticulturist, of the 

 vinery in his garden in Burlington, the suc- 

 cess of which has proved clearly that the 

 means of raising the finest foreign grapes 

 are within the reach of any man who has a 

 garden and a few hot-bed sashes. 



The vinery in question is, in fact, no- 

 thing more than a large hot-bed frame of 

 rough boards, the back wall being a board 

 fence about ten feet high, the front three 

 feet high, the sides sloping to it, and 

 rafters across of sufficient strength to sup- 

 port the hot-bed sashes. The whole 

 structure was put up by the gardener, Mr. 

 James McKee. and might be built bv any 



farmer out of whatever stuff might be most 

 easily procured. The vines are planted as 

 in any vinery ; that is the front row of vines 

 have their roots outside, and those against 

 the back wall, inside the house. 



The main point of the discovery, how- 

 ever, which Mr. McKee has reduced to 

 practice, is, that he uses no other glass than 

 the sashes of his hot-bed frames, which are 

 laid on the rafters of the vinery, after they 

 are no longer wanted on the hotbeds, say 

 from 1st to 10th of May. They are thus, 

 you will perceive, turned to account at a 

 season when they would otherwise be quite 

 useless. During the winter, the house is 

 left entirely open, which in this latitude 

 may be done with safety. If necessary, 

 the vines might be laid down and covered, 



