102 CULTIVATION OP THE 



this evil sometimes arises from the want of 

 knowledge, or neglect in the transplanting. In 

 a removal of the rooted plant, great care should 

 be given to the nature of the soil from which 

 it was taken, and, as far as in our power, an 

 adaptation of similar soil and exposure in the 

 new location. It is important also to observe 

 before removal, the aspect of each particular 

 vine, and to give it the same exposure. If we 

 afford to the anatomical structure of the plant 

 th*3 attention it de^e-rves, it will be found on ex- 

 amination,' that the. southern side is more porous 

 '.and .spongy ar?d the, sap vessels more dilated, 

 than *)& ike sitlo fec.tiag; the north. The southern 

 surface is more delicate, less capable of endur- 

 ance, and easily affected by the rigors of a severe 

 winter. Hence if, in the replanting, the southern 

 aspect be changed, the vine droops and lan- 

 guishes for a season or two, until nature accom- 

 modates to the change, or as in many cases, the 

 plant, unable from constitutional debility, to 

 support the ordeal, lingers in sickly vegetation 

 to premature decay. 



Such is the general history of removing the 

 rooted plant, and so decidedly in Switzerland 

 has experience established the inexpediency of 

 this mode of cultivation, in forming a new plan- 

 tation, that I do not recollect once to have heard 

 a skilful vine dresser who did not condemn the 

 culture as injudicious. There is but one case in 

 which it is at all justified among them, and then 

 it is only tolerated. It is when the soil is so ad- 

 verse to the vegetation of the cutting, that they 



