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bones. Over these should be spread a little moss to prevent the 

 soil from being washed into the drainage. Upon the moss place 

 about two inches of the coarser portion of the soil, and then 

 proceed to plant the vine in the pot, pressing the soil in quite 

 firmly around the roots and the baU in which they are contained. 

 Fill the soil in the pot to about an inch from the brim. If the 

 soU is not pressed down quite firmly in pottiag the vine, the 

 water will soak through the loose, porous soil around the ball, 

 without siifficiently wetting the ball and the roots it contains. 

 Therefore pot firmly. Cut the vine back to three buds, and 

 syringe with tepid water until they begin to break, and then 

 suspend the syringing of them until the first leaf is fully ex- 

 panded, and treat them in the same manner as the vines in the 

 border. When the buds have started, select the strongest and 

 rub off the others. It will be found a convenient arrangement 

 to set the pots along the front of the vinery, as near the glass as 

 possible, put a stick in the pot, and as the vine grows, tie it up 

 until it reaches the wires, and then it can be trained to the wires 

 in the same manner as the vines in the border. When the 

 laterals start out, pinch them in beyond the first leaf, and repeat 

 the pinching as often as a leaf is formed, leaving one new leaf at 

 each pinching. When the main cane has attained a length of 

 eight or nine feet, cut it back to six or seven feet. This will 

 probably cause the laterals to start with more vigor, and they 

 will require attention to keep them pinched in to their proper 

 limits. When they have become brown at the base for a couple 

 of inches, thus showing a ripening of the wood, they should be 

 cut off down to the bud at their base. 



During the growth of the vine, and up to the time of cutting 

 off the laterals, the vines should be watered twice a week with 

 manure water, commencing with a very weak solution at first, 

 and gradually increasing the strength with the increased strength 

 of the vine. But when the laterals are cut off, then cease the 

 manure water altogether, and lessen also the amount of water 

 given, gradually diminishing the waterings so as to ripen the 



