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Neverthelefs, I would not wifh to infer, 

 that of the above mixture only, vine bor- 

 ders (hould be made. Every candid gar- 

 dener will difcriminate here, and choofe 

 the compofition he thinks mofl fuitable to 

 the nature of the plant in quefiion. But 

 I would remark, that I have never known 

 any to err, by forming" vine borders too 

 deep, or of too rich materials. 



The nature of the plant, is to pufh its 

 roots downwards, and* extend them wide- 

 ly 3 confequentiy, our duty is to cherifh, 

 and not ,to thwart, its inclinations. We 

 perhaps do them a violence, even by our 

 greatefl care and attention, in this mode of 

 culture; fince we impofe-on them a foil, 

 climate, and an air, altogether artificial. 



The breadth of the border for a houfe, 

 as reprefented by fig. i. Plate III. fliould 

 be all the width of the houfe within, and 

 at leaft ten v feet without ; and for fuch 

 a one as is reprefented by fig. 2. fliould be 

 to the extent of twelve or fourteen feet be- 

 yond the front-wall. 



Having {hewn the compofition, bread Ji, 

 and depth, the borders fliould be of, in a 

 good fituajion } I fhall only obferve, in re- 



