September 0, 1875. ] 



JOURNAL OF HORTICULTUKE AND COT'l'AGE GAUDENEU. 



211 



2, 1, and 5, being distinctly 

 raised above the groundwork 

 of MeBembryanthemum No. 3. 

 Tile figures are on a scale of 

 a quarter of an incli to the 

 foot. 



But, as I foreshadowed last 

 week, it is not for the flower 

 garden alone that this place 

 is noteworthy, for there is an 

 example of Vine-growing such 

 as any man may be prond to 

 show to his friends. The 

 vineries are (iu feet in length, 

 and the canes are of the kind 

 from which first prizes are 

 made. The Vines were plant- 

 ed ia June, 1874, and there 

 are a few good Grapes on the 

 nursing canes. It ia not 

 much to say, perhaps, that 

 the wood of this season 

 reaches the top of the house, 

 and that it is ripening well ; 

 but when on measurement of 

 the first half-dozen rods the 

 circumference of each is found 

 to be '2h inches, and the joints 

 are many of them within 

 3 inches apart, we find that 

 bone and sinew preponderates 

 over pulp, and that these 

 Vines are as worthy of hon- 

 ourable mention as are the 

 flower beds. These Vines are 

 planted wholly inside in loam 

 and bones. They are 2 feet 

 apart, with an idea of resting 

 the permanent canes and re- 

 moving the nurses. But 

 (inery, Messrs. Douglas, Luck- 

 hurst, Abbey, and other ex- 

 perienced cultivators — what 

 will become of the roots of 

 the nurses when their heads 

 are cut away '! Will they decay 

 and engender fungus, and will 

 this fungus spread to the 

 living roots and endanger the 

 welfare of the permanent 

 Vices ? Many besides Mr. 

 Legg would be glad of a more 

 satisfactory answer to that 

 problem than is as yet au- 

 thoritatively promulgated. 

 Whether is it preferable to 

 remove the superfluous Vines 

 — the early slaves— or rest 

 every alternate Vine annually, 

 and let all remain to do a 

 share of work ? They are 

 2 feet apart. Think of that 

 and of the fungus liability of 

 dead roots, and give your 

 verdict on the evidence which 

 experience has afforded. 



Mr. Legg's plan in produc- 

 ing these substantial and re- 

 markably short-jointed canes 

 has been to reverse the treat- 

 ment which has so often pro- 

 duced a frothy long-jointed 

 growth — viz. , a high tempera- 

 ture in the early stages uf the 

 Vine's growth. These were 

 started and grown-on as cool 

 as possible, and not until 

 they had attained substance 

 was heat afforded, and then 

 and now applied for ripening 

 the wjod. That is a rational 

 and, as the Vines prove, a 



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