256 AMERICAN GRAPE CULTURE. 



the tank. Next, sashes must be provided for 

 covering the beds. With a proper glass struc 

 ture covering these appurtenances, we have all 

 that is needed for propagating the best class of 

 vines, except the knowledge, skill, and care of 

 the propagator, which are brought into almost 

 unceasing requisition. 



All things being ready, the sand is put in the 

 bed from three to six inches deep, and in this the 

 eyes are put from one to two inches apart, the 

 s and pressed firmly about them, and gently wa 

 tered. If the eyes are put in pots, the pots 

 must be plunged in the sand. The sashes are 

 then placed over the beds, and the boiler fired 

 up. The sashes should be used chiefly for 

 shade, and should therefore, during most of the 

 time, be kept partly raised. On clear days the 

 sashes should be shaded during the middle part 

 of the day, by laying paper on them, which 

 should be removed as the sun declines, and kept 

 off entirely during cloudy weather, the object 

 being to admit as much light as possible to the 

 infant plants, but not the direct rays of the sun 

 till they have become able to bear them. If the 

 sashes are kept shut down, the plants are apt to 

 &amp;lt;]amp off. This matter will need constant atten 

 tion. 



