CH. 5.] GRAPES. 8l 



annually, and let a little rotten dung 

 be worked in. Hence it appears, that I 

 do not approve of the border without the 

 houfe being made a walk of, as direct- 

 ed by fome; nor even do I approve of its 

 being cropped with vegetables, unlefs in a 

 very "flight manner. Wooden w r alks mould 

 be ufed within the houfe, which ought to be 

 compofed of fpars, placed within two inch- 

 es of each other, to the breadth of eighteen 

 inches ; and thefe ought to be fupported 

 from the ground by tiles or bricks, that a 

 circulation of air may be admitted to the 

 border underneath. 



SECTION III. 



On Preparing the Plants. 



IF plants of proper kinds, and whieh 

 have been one or two years in pots, 

 cannot be procured, recourfe muft be had 

 to producing young ones by cuttings, which 

 is the moft certain and fpeedy method. 



The vine may alfo be propagated with 



facility, by" layers, and by feeds ; both 



which methods, however, are in fome mea- 



F fure 



