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the straw mats, which ought to he taken off every morning and 

 rephacecl in the evening." 



Thus M. Kose-Charmeux speaks of liis forced culture of the 

 Vine. In addition to the houses hero figured and aUuded to, lie 

 employs a well-constructed portahle lean-to house — portahle 

 hecause the French yet helieve in the virtue of the plan of alter- 

 nately forcing and resting their trees, a system which we have 

 long ago proved to he wortliless. 



The following is a French mode of training Vines on walls, and 

 a very good one ; the walls are trellised with split pieces of Oak 

 which last nearly as long as the walls themselves. The Vines 

 are planted against them ahout six feet apart, as there are 

 three tiers of Vines, or cordons as they may he termed. The 

 distance for each Vine to run horizontally is something like nine 

 feet or so; the horizontal shoots are tied to the first har or lath, 

 and the rest of the space is left for the summer-shoots and fruits, 

 only one bunch of Grapes being left on each pair of shoots. The 

 shoot that fruits this year does not bear fruit next, and so on 

 throughout. It is a simple and quick way of covering a wall, 

 and one which in the southern i)art of England might be advan- 

 tageously practised. 



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