77 



tion 



CHAPTER XVII. 



POT VINES FOR TABLE DECORATION. 



VERY pretty system is that of rooting the stems of a Vine in 

 small pots, and when the Grapes are ripe, dissevering the canes 

 from the parent stock, then objects of ornament for the dinner 

 table or elsewhere are provided. This is shown in the illustra- 



here given, fig. 31, which represents a pot Vine grown and 



POT VINE GROWN BY MR. SAGE. 



exhibited by Mr. Sage when gardener at Ashridge Park, who was 

 very successful in cultivating the Vine in this manner. 



Mr. Sage's method of obtaining such excellent examples was as 



