GRAPES. 



229 GRASSES, ORNAMENTAL. 



There are many other various kinds of 

 grafting besides those which are described 

 above, but the only one of interest to 

 the amateur is Inarching or Approach 

 Grafting. In this the plant to be grafted, 

 and which is growing in a pot, is brought 

 in contact with the tree on which the 

 scion is growing, and suitable incisions 

 having been made in each, the wounded 

 parts are brought into contact and are 

 bound up until union is effected. 



Grapes. 



For the management of vines and the 

 care of the grapes produced on the out- 

 of-door varieties, both in England and 

 France, see the articles on Vines and 

 Vineries. The following grape vines are 

 recommended by Mr. George Bunyard, 

 The Old Nurseries, Maidstone. Those 

 marked (i) are suitable for out-door cul- 

 ture ; and those that are marked (2) may 

 be managed in a cool greenhouse ; those 

 left unnumbered require a properly con- 

 structed and heated vinery. 



Alicante Black. One of the largest and best 

 grapes for late work, carrying a fine bloom. 



Alnwick Seedling. A grand black grape for late 

 work ; requires setting with the pollen of Ham- 

 burgh. 



Black Cluster (i). A very free bearer; sweet, 

 ripens out of doors. 



Bowood Muscat. A very large berried golden 

 variety of great excellence ; can only be managed 

 in a well-heated vinery. 



Cambridge Botanic Garden (i). A hardy 

 purple grape ; an abundant bearer, suitable for 

 out-door culture. 



Chasselas Vibert (i). A very refreshing white 

 grape of tha Sweet Water class ; suitable for out- 

 door culture. 



Diamant Traube. A fine oval Sweet Water 

 grape, but little known; it is of first-class 

 quality. 



Duke of Buccleugh. The largest white grape, 

 flesh tender, with sprightly Hamburg flavour ; 

 very handsome. 



Early White Malvasia (i). A hardy sweet 

 grape for outside culture. 



Foster's Seedling (e). A large bunched variety 

 of Sweet Water grape ; one of the finest white 

 grape, richly flavoured ; good for early forcing. 



Gros Colmar. -Black, fine for exhibition, giving 

 very large bunches and berries, a good very late 

 kind ; unless grown in heat and well finished the 

 flavour is inferior. 



Gros Marce (2). Remarkably fine black lat 

 grape, carrying a dense bloom ; the berries very 

 large and the flavour excellent ; a very fine addi- 

 tion to our keeping kinds. 



Hamburgh Black, or Fran ken thai (2). Juicv, 

 sweet and rich, a well known and excellent sort, 

 sometimes ripens out of doors ; best for general 

 use, pot culture, and forcing. 



Lady Downe's Seedling (2). Bunch large; 

 berries black and round, thick skin, sweet 

 flavour, first quality, one of the best keeping 

 grapes. 



Mill Hill Hamburgh (2). A fine variety of this 

 popular black grape, succeeding the old kind ; 

 first rate quality. 



Miller's Burgundy (i). A hardy purple grap 

 for out-door culture. 



Muscadine, White, or Royal (i, 2). A good 

 grape for out of doors or greenhouse. 



Muscat of Alexandria. Rich amber, hunch 

 immensely large, with a deikiously rich Muscat 

 flavour ; requires a warm vinery. 



Muscat Hamburgh. One of the finest grapes 

 for flavour, not always a good setter, but when 

 well done is delicious. 



Madresfield Count Black Muscat. Berries 

 oval, very large and handsome, with a high Mus- 

 cat flavour, a free setter, most valuable grape, 

 and good for pot forcing. 



Mrs. Pince's Black Muscat. One of the finest 

 flavoured grapes, requires good culture. 



Primavis Frontignau. A highly flavoured 

 amber grape. . 



Sweet Water, Buckland (2). Large bunch, 

 berries large, of a yellowish-green colour, melt- 

 ing and tender flavour equal to the Royal Mus- 

 cadine ; a splendid grape. 



Sweet Water, Old White (i, a). A sweet, 

 thin skinned, well-known grape ; succeeds in 

 the open air. 



White Frontignau (2). A very fine grape with 

 Muscat flavour; hardy, and a good bearer. 



Grasses, Ornamental. 



It is scarcely possible to over-estimate, 

 for the adornment of the flower-garden 

 and shrubberies, the decorative qualities 

 of ornamental grasses : some are exceed- 

 ingly gaceful, others remarkably neat and 

 compact in growth ; there are some again 

 wonderfully curious, while others are 

 stately and majestic in appearance. The 

 graceful and curious are best adapted for 

 intermingling in the flower-borders, while 

 the neat compact -growing kinds make 

 beautiful edgings. 



In large flower and shrubbery borders, 

 select plantations, by the sides of rivulets, 

 ravines, lakes, and on islands, the majestic- 

 rowing varieties relieve the monotony, 



