DOMESTIC NOTICES. 



been using for some ycara a very cheap and 

 durable wire trellis for training vines under 

 rafters, which I will describe: take some com- 

 mon hoop iron, 1 inch in width, and cut up into 

 lengths of 10 or 1 2 inches ,- then punch two holes 

 two or throe nches apart, and one hole at the 

 other end about 1 inch from the end. and large 

 enough to allow of the wire which is intended 

 for the trellis to pass through easily; then take 

 some li inch clout nails and fasten the pieces 

 of iron to the rafters. Begin on the first rafter 

 at 18 inches from the jdate, and so on in suc- 

 cession, so that each piece shall be exactly 18 

 inches from the other on the rafters. It is how- 

 ever, immaterial whether the distance be more 

 or less, provided equal distance is observed. 

 After all the pieces are nailed to the rafters, 

 pass the wire through the holes, form the wire 

 into a loop at one end — take a two inch wrought 

 nail with a large head, put it in the loop and 

 drive it home — that secures that end. Then 

 strain the wire, drive another nail half its 

 length, give the wire one or two turns round 

 the nail, then drive it home, and the wire is 

 secured. After all the wires are put in, 

 parallel with the length of the house, take 

 some small annealed wire, fasten one end to the 

 bottom trellis wire and carry it up parallel with 

 the rafter, and 6 inches from it, taking a turn 

 round each large wire to keep it in its place. 

 Each rafter or vine will require two of these 

 wires. The pieces of iron should not hang per- 

 pendicularly, but stand out at an angle to cor- 

 resijond with the house. The materials for a 

 trellis of this description for a house 14 feet 

 wide, will not cost more than one dollar, for every 

 10 feet in length. In glazing a vinery, use. the 

 best cylinder glass, that which is free from waves 

 or blisters, for if a poorer quality is used it will 

 be impossible to get rid of the burning of the 

 leaves, unless the glass is whitened. The first 

 cost will be a little more, but the better glass 

 Mill ulliinj\tely prove the cheapest. The in- 

 terior of the ho\ise may be devoted to the cul- 

 tivation of vines in pots, or for raising early 

 vegetables to transplant into the garden. Such a 

 house as this can be put up, painted, glazed, 

 the trellis built, and all made complete for about 

 four dollars the running foot, or a nice snug 

 o.use ti5 feet long and 14 feet wide for 

 such a house being, in fact, only a slight 



variation of Mr. Rivers', with the addition of 

 more room . Trees are to be trained on the back 

 wall, and vines under the rafters. Now let us 

 see what such a house is capable of producing 

 when the vines and trees come into full bearing. 

 Nine rafter vines which will produce from 20 

 to 26 pounds of grapes annually, or two hun- 

 dred pounds for the whole, (this is not an over 

 estimate,) worth from 50c. to 75c. per lb. The 

 trees on the back wall will produce from 20 to 

 25 dozens of peaches, apricots or nectarines, 

 worth 3 or 4 shillings per dozen. The interior 

 of the honse I make no estimate on, as it is not 

 my intention to mislead by making over esti- 

 mates. I should like m^ch to see amateurs 

 take this thing in hand, not on speculation, but 

 from the pleasure they would derive from it — 

 also to give the people at large some idea of 

 what the duties of a gardener are, and the 

 qualifications he ought to possess, a thing but 

 imperfectly understood in many parts of the 

 country, and w'hich frequently ends in disap- 

 pointment, either through gentlemen being im- 

 posed upon by ignorant and intfficient men, or 

 else that the talents of a really good man are 

 not properl}' appreciated on the part of the 

 employer, which I must say is too often the 

 case. 



For vines grown in pots, I would recom- 

 mend the following mode for each pot. Pro- 

 cure a box or tub a few inches larger than the 

 diameter of the pot, bore some holes in the 

 bottom, place a block of wood two inches thick 

 and about six inches square on the bottom of 

 the box, and set the pot on it. Then put in two 

 or three inches of charcoal or broken bricks. 

 Then fill in the space between the pot and box 

 with tan bark. By this mode the roots will not 

 suffer from too rapid evaporation, which is very 

 injurious to young vines ; the block is to prevent 

 the, roots from running out of the bottom of the 

 pot. 



"We are told by very many experienced culti- 

 vators, that unless we use an immense quantity 

 of certain kinds of manures, in the formation 

 of the borders of vineries, it is impossible to 

 raise good grapes. Now I do not mean to say 

 this is all idle stuff, because the grapevine, 

 being a gross feeder, requires a great deal of 

 stimulus, but what I will say is that m 

 cellent grapes may be grown in the folio 



