GR A 



260 



GRA 



Nitre (carbonate of potash, 

 powdered) 1 



The same composition spread upon 

 slips of linen makes Grafting Plaster, 

 frequently used by amateur budders. 



G R A M M A N T H E S chloraflora. 

 Stove annual. Seeds. Loam and lime 

 rubbish. 



GRAMMATOPHYLLUM. Two spe- 

 cies. Stove orchids. Division. Wood. 



GRANGERIA6or6oniV(J. Stove ever- 

 green tree. Cuttings. Peat and loam. 



GRAPE-VINE (Vitis vinifera). Of 

 this fruit ninety-nine varieties are culti- 

 vated in the Chiswick Garden. 



Open-wall culture. — Varieties best 

 suited for this, according to the experi- 

 ence of Mr. Hoare, are : — 



Black Hamburgh. 

 Black Prince. 

 Esperione. 

 Black Muscadine. 

 Miller's Burgundy. 

 Claret Grape. 

 Black Frontignan. 

 Grizzly Frontignan. 

 White Frontignan. 

 White Muscadine. 

 Malmsey Muscadine. 

 White Sweetwater. 



Eighty-six of the varieties have been 

 cultivated at Wilbeck within the last 

 seven years, but only about fourteen 

 found of superior excellence, and many 

 of the others were mere synonymes. 

 Mr. Tiliery, from this long course of ex- 

 perience and observation, recommends 

 the following selections: — 



''For the Earliest House. — The Pur- 

 ple Constantia, or Frontignan ; White 

 Frontignan; Black Prince ; Dutch, or 

 Stillward's Sweetwater; Black Ham- 

 burgh ; and Tripoli. 



" For Stove. — White Muscat of 

 Alexandria; Purple Constantia ; White 

 Frontignan ; Grizzly Frontignan ; Black 

 Muscat; and Black Damascus. 



" For Green-house. — Black Ham- 

 burgh ; Tripoli; Grove-end Sweetwa- 

 ter; and Muscadine. 



" For Latest House. — West's St. Pe- 

 ter's, and Charlesworth's Tokay. 



''For a Single House with fourteen 

 rafters. — One Purple Constantia; one 

 White Frontignan ; one Royal Musca- 

 dine, or Chasselas D'Arboyce ; three 

 Muscats; three Black Hamburghs, or 

 Tripolis; three West's St. Peter's; and 

 two Black Princes. 



" For Pot-Culture, to cover in during 

 April and May. — Purple Constantia and 

 White Frontignan." — United Gar. Jour. 

 Until recently but few houses for the 

 exclusive growth of grapes under glass, 

 had been erected in the United States. 

 The success which attended the effort 

 in the vicinity of Philadelphia, Boston, 

 and other cities, has excited emulation, 

 and at this day (1847) one of the most 

 attractive features of our Horticultural 

 exhibitions, are grapes grown under 

 glass, not exclusively through the agen- 

 cy of fire-heat, but in many instances 

 by the aid of the glass alone. 



Propagation. — Layering is the most 

 certain and most expeditious mode of 

 propagating the grape-vine. In the first 

 part of March cut away the fourth bud 

 of the shoot to be layered, pass the 

 shoot through the hole in the bottom of 

 garden-pot, fill this with light rich earth, 

 so that the wound of that fourth bud is 

 in the centre of the earth, and two buds 

 above its surface ; fix the pot firmly to 

 the wall, so as not to be disturbed ; keep 

 the earth constantly moist with liquid 

 manure, giving a little every day, and 

 a little moss tied over the surface and 

 round the sides of the pot to check 

 evaporation. Cut away the layer from 

 the parent in the last week of August; 

 and, turning it out from the pot, with- 

 out at all disturbing the earth, plant it 

 where it is to remain, and water it 

 plentifully with liquid manure until the 

 leaves begin to fall. 



Cuttings. — At the time of autumn- 

 pruning select some middle-sized, well- 

 ripened shoots, cut off lengths of six 

 buds, keep them in moist sand through 

 the winter, and, at the end of March, 

 cut them in half, remove the two lower 

 buds, and plant them under a wall hav- 

 ing an eastern aspect, leaving the upper 

 bud just above the surface, and cover- 

 ing them with a hand-glass. The soil 

 must be light, rich, and well pulverized, 

 pressed close round the cuttings, and 

 kepi constantly moist with liquid manure 

 until the leaves fall in autumn. The 

 surface round them should be stirred 

 at least twice a week to allow the air 

 unimpeded entrance. 



Coiling is only a peculiar mode of 

 propagating by cuttings suggested by 

 Mr. Mearns, whose practice has been 

 epitomised thus by Dr. Lindley: — 



" In the propagation of vines by coil- 

 . ing, Mr. Mearns' practice, if single rods 



