GULTUKE OF THE GRAPE. 



liberties of my bees, (or, as some, say, only drones, tlioiigli this fact has never been 

 proved to my satisfaction,) I shot an unfortunate little [ihtebe bird, as it was sittinc; 

 amidst the foliage of the tree the king bird was accustomed to frequent. S<» inndi 

 for keeping bad company, I moralizeil, and immediati-ly proceeded to dissect it, in 

 order to see if I had not done right in shooting it, also hoping to find one bee at least 

 in its stomach, as a sort of salvo to my conscience for committing this foul nninltT, 

 when to my astonishment and regret I found it completely full of the Gulercuca vitlata, 

 or striped bug, so injurious in this country to the young cucumber and melon plants. 

 I think I need not add that I never shot another, but now encourage all the insectiv- 

 erous birds to build their nests on my place, by every means in my jiowcr ; and I 

 really believe that I have already received ample repayment for any little protection 

 I am able to afl'ord them, by the sensible diminution of insects in my garden, not to 

 mention the gratification I receive from the sweet songs of the blue bird, wren, garden 

 warbler, ttc, who serve to enliven many a long summer's day from sunrise to sunset. 

 G.—Fiahklll, i\^. F. 



CULTURE OF FOREIGN GRATES IN COLD VINERIES.* 



BY II. L. SUTDAM, GENEVA. 



[We commend the following article to the special attention of amateurs, as the plain, 

 straight forward statement of an amateur cultivator Avho has been eminently success- 

 ful in this branch of culture. "\Ve know Mr. Suvdam well, and can vouch for the 

 honesty and accuracy of all he has said in regard to his management or its results. 

 It will be remembered that at our State shows he has carried off the highest prizes 

 even from professional growers. Ilis grapes have always been remarkably well 

 colored, excelling more particularly in this than any other point of merit. The mate- 

 rial of the vine border accounts for this in a great measure. Instead of dead carcasses, 

 offal, &c., Mr. Suydam has laid a thorough foundation of bones, charcoal, shells, 

 cinders, and tvell decomposed manure ; and these are the very materials to yield a 

 healthy, firm, well ripened wood, and sound, well colored, and finely flavored grapes. 

 "We hope his success will, as he says, " induce others to try." — Ed.] 



Ix compliance with the wishes of very many inquirers, I undertake to give to the 

 public, through your columns, the plan of my vinery, and my mode of cultivating the 

 foreign grape under glass. I will enter upou my duty, then, at once, by saying that 

 I claim nothing new or original in my mode ; I have taken some from one and some 

 from another of the very many writers on the grape ; and as I have had very good 

 success thus far, I shall feel it a great pleasure if I may but make this statement so 

 simple as to induce others to try the same for themselves. 



My vinery has a free open exposure to the south, being what is called a "lean-to" 



* From the Geneva Courier. 



