

FOREIGxX GRAPE UNDP^R GLASS. 



fill or satisfactory. What is it to wait a year, or two years even, compared to having 

 beautiful instead of unsightly trees? We know a gentleman who is at this moment root- 

 ing up a plantation made on the principle of the " larger the better," to make room for 

 young well shaped trees. Taste and experience will lead to this in time. 



Next comes the question of Varieties. Here, instead of making out a list of the best 

 without regard to circumstances, such should be chosen, and such only, as have been 

 proved to succeed well on the stocks used for dwarfing, and are of such habits of growth 

 as will make their training a thing practicable. In order to secure these objects, it may 

 be necessary to dispense with favorite and first rate sorts: for it is f;ir better to succeed 

 locll with a good or second rate sort, than to fail with one a degree better. Neither 

 should a large number of varieties be made a special object; for that and entire satisfaction 

 otherwise can rarely be obtained. 



Next comes the arrangement and the planting, involving many practical details to which 

 we cannot now refer particularly. 



And when all this is done, there is the jJftcr Culture; for trees can take care of them- 

 selves no more than domestic animals, and more especially when it is desired to maintain 

 and enjoy a high state of artificial culture. An annual pruning, and pruning and pinch- 

 ing at intervals', are necessary; the nature and objects of which must be studied until well 

 understood. Then there is manuring, which must be done in such a way as to meet tlie 

 wants of the tree, keeping in view the nature of the soil; for the same quantity or kind 

 of manure will not be applicable in all cases. 



We will close by recommending to all who are cultivating dwarf fruit trees, to mulch 

 them with half decomposed stable manure from three to six inches deep, on the commence- 

 ment of winter. This excludes the frost from the roots near the surface, and the snow 

 and rains dissolve it, and send down its best soluble parts to be taken up by the roots 

 the following spring. This supplies the exhaustion of the previous year, and the trees 

 are sustained in an uniform vigor. Thus mulching accomplishes a two-fold object, and 

 may with great advantage be applied to other than dwarf fruit trees. 



THE FOREIGN GRAPE UNDER GLASS. 



BY A. MES.SER, GENEVA 



It has been often remarked, in the best publications of the day, that there is advance- 

 ment in the science and the art of horticulture. The evidences of the truth of this are 

 numerous and satisfactory. And while floriculture and pomology have received a large 

 share of attention, the cultivation of the grape has not been forgotten. This is true, both 

 of the native and foreign varieties. I speak not now of vineyards, planted for the purpose 

 of producing wine, and which are becoming a prominent feature in our agricultural histoiy, 

 especially in that of Ohio; but I refer to the raising of the best varieties of grapes for the 

 table. It is said, that in a neighboring city, there is almost no garden, however small, 

 but has its Isabella or Catawba grape vine. It is gratifying to learn that there is one 

 city so far " in advance of the age;" and if there be others which have made equal pro- 

 gress, let it be published in the Horticulturist. 



Here a query presents itself. Have all who have a suitable space, and opportun 

 the foreign varieties under glass, attempted to do so ? Have they ordered astr 



