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CHAPTER X. 



PROPAGATION OF THE VINE. 



YOUNG vine plants may be raised from seeds, eyes, 

 or cuttings, or by layering or grafting, all which 

 modes are in common practice, though some are only 

 adapted to peculiar circumstances and objects. &quot;We 

 shall give a few practical directions for each. 



LAYERING. This is the mode in which large, thrifty 

 vines may be most rapidly obtained ; but it is by no 

 means adapted to general use, where large quantities 

 are required. 



To procure a young vine by layering, we take a 

 cane of the preceding year, having a well advanced 

 shoot ; and about the middle of June, or first of 

 July, cut it half through, as shown in Fig. 45. It is 

 then bent down and pegged into a hole, about three 

 or four inches deep. It should be well watered, and 

 the application of a little mulch, consisting of long 

 litter, new-mown grass, weeds, or any similar matter, 

 will prove of much service. Roots will soon push, 

 and at the proper time for transplanting, it will have 

 formed a -fine healthy plant. Larger and stronger 



