CHAPTER V. 



PLANTING THE VINEYARD. 



Plants and Planting. This part of the sub 

 ject would seem to come in naturally at this 

 point. We shall include under this head, the 

 Best Kind of Plants to Purchase, Now to Plant, 

 Best Time to Plant, and Time to Buy. In regard 

 to the first, vines are divided into, 1st, Plants 

 from Single Eyes, of which Fig. 2 is a very fine 

 specimen, and Fig. 3, on an enlarged scale, an 

 extra fine one, as good, indeed, as it is possible 

 to make ; 2d, Plants from Cuttings, of which 

 Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are good specimens of their 

 kinds from two, three, and four eyes; 3d, 

 Plants from Layers, of which Fig. 7 is one of the 

 best examples ; 4th, Plants from Green Wood. 

 We present these engravings, in order that the 

 reader may have the means of distinguishing 

 vines of the best quality from those that are 

 not. Further on we shall show how all these 



