60 PRESENT-DAY GARDENING 



once made a collection of them, and they got together 

 in a nursery at Luxembourg 1400 varieties, and this did 

 not exhaust the number ! 



As Barron says, the Vine will grow in any good garden 

 soil, provided it is well drained, and the position is light 

 and airy. It is perfectly hardy so far as growth is con- 

 cerned, our climate being deficient only where the pro- 

 duction of good fruit every year is the object ; then glass- 

 house protection is needed. 



There are other species of Vitis which have the habit 

 of growth and the large, handsome foliage of V. vinifera ; 

 moreover, they are as hardy and as easy to manage as 

 that plant is. Altogether some thirty species are of this 

 character, every one good growers and effective in the 

 garden. Some are North Americans ; for example, V. 

 Labrusca.) the Fox Grape, V. vulpina, which, from its name, 

 should be the Wolf Grape, V. cordifolia, V. cestivalis and 

 V. californica, the last named a first-class plant in this 

 country. Of Asiatic species the best, in addition to the 

 Grape Vine, are V. Thunbergii, V. Romanetii, V. Davidii 

 (Spinovitis), and V. Coignetia. The Hop-leaved V. hetero- 

 phylla is not a strong grower, but it has elegant foliage, 

 and there is a variety of it with variegated leaves. The 

 great delight of the Hop-leaved Vine is its turquoise-blue 

 berries, shining like porcelain, really more like a work 

 of art than the unaided effort of a climber on the wall. 

 They are rather small and in clusters. The plant only 

 thrives in a sunny, sheltered position. 



The newer species from China have not yet fully shown 

 what they can do here, though so far they promise very 

 well. Messrs. Veitch, with the assistance of Wilson, im- 

 ported quite a number of them, which they have exhibited 



