We have spoken out our thoughts on this subject plainly, in the hope of benefitting 

 both gardeners and employers among us. Every right-minded, and intelligent foreign 

 gardener, will agree with us in deploring the ignorance of many of his brethren, and 

 we hope will, by his influence and example, help to banish it. The evil we complain 

 of has grown to be a very serious one, and it can only be cured by continually urging 

 upon gardeners that British horticulture will not suit America, without great modifi- 

 cation, and by continually insisting upon employers learning for themselves, the prin- 

 ciples of gardening as it must be practiced, to obtain any good results. This sowing 

 good seed, and gathering tares, is an insult to Providence, in a country that, in its soil 

 and climate, invites a whole population to a feast of Flora and Pomona. 



A NOTE ON VINE CULTURE. 



BY AVILLIAM CHORLTON, STATEN-ISLAND, N. Y. 



Dear Sir — I suspect your correspondent, H. B.,has got the prying faculties very large- 

 ly developed, as he inquires so very particularly about the " two stoves" which were used 

 in the cold vinery at this place, in the earlier part of last season; and as persons of this 

 description are apt to be uneasy until their wishes are gratified, I hasten to relieve him 

 of his unpleasant anxiety. As I have no secrets in my practical working, and do not wish 

 to conceal any minutiae in my operations, that will be of service in disseminating useful 

 information, I feel obliged to him for reminding me of an omission, (if it can be construed 

 into such a form,) but the matter was of so trifling a character, that I did not think it of 

 sufficient importance in the detailed account sent you. When writing that account, I had 

 embodied a few general remarks on cold graperies, in which were mentioned explicitly, 

 these two stoves: but as the article seemed swelled out into an inconvenient length, these 

 remarks were extracted from it, with the intention of sending them at a future opportuni- 

 tj', thinking that your readers, who he says " are interested in the matter," might be 

 more benefitted by it in that form — and as I do not like to occupy at the present too much 

 of your valuable space — I will extract the passage, (with your permission,) from manu- 

 script in which the tivo stoves are mentioned, and which runs as follows: 



" I would remark, that however long we may try to retard vegetation, the buds of the 

 earlier kinds will begin to burst before the occasional frosty nights and north-east storms 

 of the latter part of April, are past, and for safety, a temporary heating apparatus of 

 some kind will be of service at this time, merely to be ready in case of need. To answer 

 this purpose, there w^ere put up in the house at this place, two common stoves, which ena- 

 bled me to raise the temperature five or six degrees during several frosty nights, and also 

 once in the day, when there was snow and frosty wind all day. It would also be of ser- 

 vice in cloudy, damp weather, during November and December, to dry the air of the house, 

 and prevent mouldiuess in the grapes. At no other is it required, as we have natural heat 

 and light sufficient, if made good use of, to ripen the grape perfectly." 



These two stoves stood in the house about three weeks, but were not lighted more than 

 six times during that time, and only when the thermometer outside sunk to the freezing 

 they were only used once in the day time, when there was a severe snow storm 

 wind, and it was only to keep the frost from killing the bursting buds, that the 



