2dt6 OPEN AIE GKAPE CULTUliE. 



heavy soil lias been placed to make it water-tight. 

 Then, during the growing season, let this basin be 

 filled with soap-suds every washing day — mixing 

 them with chamber slops, etc. During the winter, it 

 should be filled with leaves and prunings, over which 

 a little earth may be thrown to keep the wind from 

 blowing them about, and preventing an unsightly 

 appearance. K the roots of the vine are so near 

 the house as to be unsightly when treated in this 

 manner, the basin might easily be provided with a 

 light board cover neatly painted. It might be 

 requisite to form it in two parts, having notches 

 through which the stem of the vine can pass. 



That a good manuring will often cause a vine 

 which has been previously unfruitful to bear abun- 

 dant crops, is well known. We have now in mind 

 an instance of a vine which after remaining barren 

 for many years suddenly became quite fruitful from 

 chickens making a roost of the trellis on which it 

 grew. 



