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sufficient supply of food. A stiffs moist, (but well drained,) and rich soil for the Rose. 

 Those whose rose-bed or borders are suffering from poverty, should at once tate up 

 the plants, prune them, and improve the soil. If this be altogether too much trouble, 

 give them a liberal top-dressing of night-soil this winter. Don't be afraid of having 

 TOur rose-soil too rich. 



REMARKS ON COLD GRAPERIES. 



BY A. nUTDEKOPEE, MEADYILIE, PENN. 



Thk Horticulturist, in a former volume, having treated its readers to a series of 

 articles from the fethers in Grape-culture, I propose to add a chapter of '^observations 

 from a young beginner. 



In the spring of last year, I had a small grapery constructed only twenty by twenty- 

 two feet in size, with a span roof on a north and south line. Eight-by-ten»glass was 

 used, of double thickness. In putting in the glass, it was made to lap about half an 

 inch. This was an error; a lap of half as much, according to the book, answering a 

 better purpose. The north end of the building contained a door and one window of 

 six lights, eight-by-ten glass ; the south end, two windows of same size ; the east and 

 west sides, the walls of which are four feet high, have sashes the width of a single 

 hght of glass, hung on hinges, and opening vertically ; the sashes in the end of the 

 building opening horizontally, also on hinges ; and all of them supplied with hooks 

 and eyes to fasten them when open or shut. The main glasses of the roof are fast- 

 ened in their places, and a row of small sashes, the entire length of the building, are 

 hinged upon the ridge pole for ventilation, secured as far as practicable with tin and 

 canvass, to prevent drip. They are opened with a rod, with a hook on the end of it, 

 passing through an eye in the sash frame, and a wire loop in the side of the pole, 

 which passes over a bolt or screw in a bar across the rafters. By having several such 

 loops, the sashes can be opened more or less at pleasure. I seldom open any of the 

 top windows until the weather becomes very warm, and then a part of them may be 

 left open permanently during the summer. Generally I find the end windows suffi- 

 cient for ventilation, and over these I have wire screens fastened, to prevent the wind 

 blowing through with too much violence. Wires are passed from the plates to the 

 ridge pole with cross wires, for convenience in tying up the vines. These are about 

 fifteen inches from the glass. The house rests upon stone pillars, three on each side ; 

 and the walls are filled with dry tan between the lining and weather-boarding. It is 

 furnished with tin eave-troughs. The cost of the entire structure, when painted and 

 finished, was one hundred and fifty dollars. The only remark I have to make, is, 

 that it would be better, in building, to have a larger house, as the expense is not in 

 the same ratio as the size. 



I removed a hard clay soil to the depth of two and a half feet, and came on 

 side to gravel, which I concluded would make a sufficient drain. I filled up under 



