CONTENTS. 



Chapter I. HISTORICAL SKETCH Fig. 1 ..... Page 1 



II. PROPAGATION OF THE VINE Figs. 2-6 .... 7 



III. HYBRIDISING AND RAISING VINES FROM SEED Fig. 7 . 17 



IV. VINE BORDERS : THEIR FORMATION, SOIL, ETC. . . 20 

 V. STRUCTURES FOR GRAPE GROWING Figs. 3-11 . . 29 



VI. HEATING OF VINERIES 34 



VII. PLANTING VINES : WHEN AND HOW TO DO IT . . 35 



VIII. THE GENERAL MANAGEMENT OF VINERIES ... 37 



IX. PRUNING AND TRAINING THE VINE Figs. 12-19 . . 40 



X. DISBUDDING AND STOPPING THE SHOOTS Figs. 20-21 . 52 



' XL THE SETTING OF THE FRUIT Figs. 22-23 ... 56 



l- XII. THE THINNING OF THE FRUIT Figs. 24-25 ... 60 



v- XIII. THE KEEPING OF THE FRUIT Figs. 26-29 ... 64 



* XIV. THE PACKING OF GRAPES Fig. 30 68 



XV. THE POT CULTURE OF VINES 71 



XVI. FRUITING VINES IN POTS 75 



XVII. POT VINES AS DECORATIVE TABLE PLANTS Fig. 31 . 77 



XVIII. GROUND VINERIES -Fig. 32 . . . . . . 79 



XIX. THE GREAT GRAPE CONSERVATORY AT CHISWICK Fig. 33 81 



XX. VINES ON OPEN WALLS 85 



XXI. VINEYARD AT CASTLE COCH, CARDIFF .... 88 



XXII. COMMERCIAL GRAPE CULTURE Figs. 34-37 ... 89 



XXIII. DISEASES AND INJURIES Figs. 38-40 .... 97 



XXIV. Noxious INSECTS Figs. 41-53 106 



XXV. SELECTIONS OF GRAPES FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES Figs. 



54-55 118 



XXVI. THE CLASSIFICATION OF GRAPES 123 



XXVII. THE VARIETIES OF EUROPEAN GRAPES -Plates 1-28 . 127 



XXVIII. THE VARIETIES OF AMERICAN GRAPES Plates 29-30 . 196 



