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of 1818, in the following proportions: one-half of loam, one- 
fourth of dung, and one-fourth of lime rubbish, united with the 
tan and leaf-mould. They were well mixed, by frequent turnings 
(but were not sifted) during the winter, when the weather was 
frosty or dry, for this operation should’ never be performed in 
wet weather. 
It may be noticed, that I did not use so much dung in my 
compost as is sometimes done; for I have observed that an ex- 
cess of it retards the growth of the vine, notwithstanding it is 
considered to be a plant which will bear an extraordinary quan- 
tity of manure. ‘The addition of old tan to the compost, which 
is vot usual, [| recommend, because 1 know, from experience, 
that the vines will root in that more freely than in any other 
substance. . 
In March last, the border, in front of the vinery, was cleared 
to the depth of upwards of three feet, below which it was drained, 
and then filled up with the new compost to the level of the bot- 
tom plate of the house; this was done in fine weather, and the 
new mould had full two months time to settle well before the 
young vines were planted in it. 
My vine plants were raised from single eyes in March 1818; 
they were treated in the usual way through the summer, and kept 
from the frost during winter, until March last, when they were 
cut down to one eye, and placed in the pine-pit in order to pro- 
duce young shoots of sufficient length to draw into the house at 
the time of planting. After they had made shoots about two 
feet long, they were removed to the green-house (which was at 
that time kept at a temperature of about 60°, for some other 
purposes); here they continued growing, till they had attained 
to the length of three or four feet; by this treatment the whole 
plant was rendered more hardy, and consequently more fit for 
its final removal into the open border. 
Early in May, having made good the height of the border 
quite to the level of the holes where the plants were to be car- 
ried into the house, so that no part of their stem should be ex- 
posed to the external air, I opened the holes, for the reception 
of the plants, leaving them open upwards of a week, to remove 
any noxious quality in that part of the compost which would 
first receive the roots. 
My planting was executed on the 13th of May; but I consider 
that any period between the 10th of May and 10th of June will 
he equally successful, provided the work be done in seasonable 
weather, that is, when it is neither wet nor cold. 
At the time of planting, I turned into each hole, a common 
wheel-barrow full of very old tan from the pine-house, in the 
middle of which tan the roots of my vine plants remained ie 
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