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CHAPTEE XVIII. 



GKOUND VINERIES. 



already stated, the Vine may be grown in a very circumscribed 

 space, and under very diverse conditions. The cottager with 

 his single rod of ground may, by aid of old Father Sol and a 

 few squares of glass, supplemented by care and attention, 

 produce his own Grapes nearly equal to those of his lordly neighbour 

 with his costly Vineries and gardening skill. Thanks to the introduc- 



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tion of cheap glass, and the examples of such worthy men as the late 

 Mr. Thomas Rivers, Dr. Newington, and Mr. Harrison Weir, the 

 success of ground Vineries has been thoroughly established. 



The magnificent examples of Grapes grown in ground Vineries by 

 Mr. Weir, consisting of such varieties as Black Hamburgh, Muscat 



