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will be much increased in size and improved in quality. If 

 the mildew occurs, scatter sulphur upon them immediately ; 

 and if the aphis attacks them, shut the house up, and either 

 with a furnace or patent fumigator or smoke it thoroughly with 

 tohacco, following this with heavy syringing. From first to last, 

 give them gradually, never suddenly, all the air you possibly can, 

 consistent with their protection from cold and sudden changes. 



Careful pruning, plenty of air, and a temperature equable, 

 but rising with the advancing season, with syringing and wa- 

 tering, the artificial substitutes for dews and rains, complete 

 the circle of requisites in the treatment of a cold grapery. 



In November, the vines may be taken down and pruned for 

 spring, and being laid along upon the border, front and back, 

 must be covered with leaves, or mats, or straw, to preserve 

 them from frost through the winter. In March they should 

 be taken out and put up as before, first being carefully washed 

 throughout with soap-suds and a soft brush. 



If you desire to convert your building into a warm grapery, 

 you may do so by putting in the heating apparatus described 

 page 475 for the green-house, giving it the same general care 

 and treatment as above directed for cold grapery, except that 

 the vines must be washed off and put up in January or Febru- 

 ary, or may be left up throughout the year ; and the heat, 

 whenever applied, must not be made strong at once, but grad- 

 ually and slowly raised to a summer temperature. 



If grapes are cultivated in the green-house, the vines must 

 be planted and laid down for winter just outside the front wall, 

 and may be introduced in proper season by raising the front 

 sash, from the lower corner of which a hole large enough for 

 the stem must be cut out. After the vine is in its place, this 

 must be closed around the stem by stuffing, and the outer por- 

 tion of the stem and the roots be well covered from the cold. 



THE MULBERRY. 



The mulberry is one of our abounding wild fruits, and is, 

 perhaps, worthy of more attention and cultivation than it re- 

 ceives. The fruit resembles a long blackberry, and, if gath- 

 ered and eaten before it becomes dead ripe, has a pleasant 



