ON RAISING YOUNG VINES 



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cover the pots with a square of glass. This, by 

 confining the heat and moisture about the eyes, 

 will greatly facilitate the emission of roots and top 

 growth the box being sufficiently deep to allow of 

 a couple of inches of growth 

 being made without coming 

 in contact with the covering 

 of glass. When more head 

 room is required, the glass 

 should be raised a few inches 

 on small flower pots, shift- 

 ing the plants into six-inch 

 pots when they have made 

 seven or eight inches of growth, 

 making the soil pretty firm about 

 the roots in potting. The soil should 

 be placed in a box over the hot- 

 water pipes to get warm 

 twelve hours before being 

 brought into contact with 

 the young warm roots, 

 returning the plants to a 

 position near to the roof 

 glass, and giving luke- 

 warm water to settle the 

 soil. After this, water 

 should be applied spar- 

 ingly until the roots have ROOTED CUTTING WITH SINGLE 

 pushed into the new soil. 



More frequent and liberal supplies at the 

 CUTTING OF roots will then be necessary, the plants being 

 GRAPE VINE . a } so syringed overhead with tepid water two 

 or three times a day from the time they have 

 made three or four inches of top growth, in order 

 to encourage a clean healthy growth, and at the 

 same time to prevent the attacks of insects, which, 



