in the Greenhouse or Conservatory. 309 



Hamburgh were taken off. Besides the noble appearance of 

 this new grape, it is remarkable for hanging late on the vine. 

 The number of vines in the conservatory is nineteen, embra- 

 cing ten kinds, which we have arranged about in the order 

 of their ripening : — 



To this list, many others may be added, when a variety of 

 kinds is wanted. Our selection was principally made for the 

 purpose of proving the kinds we have enumerated. The 

 Muscat of Alexandria should be one of the number in a choice 

 collection, giving it the warmest situation in the house. We 

 have already inarched one of the duplicate vines in order to 

 have so splendid a variety. Other new sorts have also been 

 recently introduced at each end of the conservatory, and as soon 

 as we prove them, we shall give an account of their merits. 



Trusting that our diary will be the best guide to the ama- 

 teur in the treatment of the grape vine in the greenhouse or 

 conservatory, we shall conclude our article with a few obser- 

 vations on thinning the grapes, and pruning the vines. 



THINNING THE BERRIES. 



This is an operation which is generally altogether too care- 

 lessly done. Our attention was first drawn to this subject 

 after reading a small treatise upon the vine by Mr. Roberts, 

 one of the best modern cultivators of the grape in England. 

 The ordinary mode of thinning grapes is to cut them out here 

 and there in sufficient quantities to allow the swelHng up of 

 the remaining berries, regardless of the true form of the bunch. 



