216 On the Cultivation of the Tree Mignonette. 



But fertile plains, particularly where the formation is a calca- 

 reous or limestone one, must also be found highly favorable to 

 the growth of the vine. For the native grape, the farther north 

 their cultivation is attempted the more requisite it will be to 

 procure a favorable and sunny exposition; and a system of prun- 

 ing should of course be adopted which will afford a free circula- 

 tion of the sun and air for the ripening of the fruit. 



Aside from the vintage, and the fermentation and management 

 of the vine, no species of cultivation can be more easily managed 

 than that of the grape. Planted in straight lines, and trained 

 laterally to poles, the plough kept in motion between the rows, 

 and a semi-annual pruning, will be all the mysteries of cultiva- 

 tion. On the other hand, the revenue accruing from it will, we 

 confidently believe, from data in our profession, and from the 

 results placed before the public by the successful experimentors 

 above stated, be as great or greater than from any other branch 

 of agriculture. A. J. D. 



Art. III. On the Cultivation of the Tree Mignonette ^ and some 

 Remarks on raising Roses from Seeds. By L. Boll, Florist, 

 New York. 



Having promised you, when you called at our establishment, 

 on your late visit to this city, a short communication upon the 

 cultivation of the mignonette, in what is called the tree mode, I 

 send you the following remarks. If you consider them worthy 

 an insertion in your Magazine, they are at your service. 



I sow the seeds, at various seasons, as the plants are wanted 

 to bloom; one or more pots, according to the number of plants 

 required, are filled with a light compost, and the seeds scattered 

 thinly upon the surface. The pots are placed in a favorable sit- 

 uation in the open air, (unless in severe weather,) where the 

 seeds soon vegetate. When the young plants have made three 

 or four leaves, I select all those which are strong and vigorous, 

 discarding the others, and transplant them into small pots, one in 

 each. After this operation is finished, I place the pots in a 

 frame, or in a good situation in the green-house. When they 

 begin to start, I allow but one leader to grow, taking ofi", care- 

 fully, all the lateral branches, until the main shoot arrives at some 



