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heavy soil has been placed to make it water-tight. 

 Then, during the growing season, let this basin be 

 filled with soap-suds every washing day mixing 

 them with chamber slops, etc. During the winter, it 

 should be filled with leaves and prunings, over which 

 a little earth may be thrown to keep the wind from 

 blowing them about, and preventing an unsightly 

 appearance. If the roots of the vine are so near 

 the house as to be unsightly when treated in this 

 manner, the basin might easily be provided with a 

 light board cover neatly painted. It might be 

 requisite to form it in two parts, having notches 

 through which the stem of the vine can pass. 



That a good manuring will often cause a vine 

 which has been previously unfruitful to bear abun- 

 dant crops, is well known. We have now in mind 

 an instance of a vine which after remaining barren 

 for many years suddenly became quite fruitful from 

 chickens making a roost of the trellis on which it 

 grew. 



