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fare objectionable ; the former, becaufe 

 that the plants thus obtained are apt to 

 grow "much to vine and little to wine;" 

 and the latter, on account of the difficulty 

 of procuring effectually ripened feed; and 

 that, even in this cafe, it is apt " to fport." 

 Let us follow the moft approved mode, viz. 

 by cuttings. And, 



For this purpofe, in the pruning feafbn, 

 make choice of a quantity of the under 

 part of the beft-ripened, roundeft, and 

 fhorteft-jointed (hoots of laft year; which 

 let be cut off with two inches of the for- 

 mer year's wood *, headed down to three 

 eyes, tied in parcels, numbered and regif- 

 tered according to their kinds, and ftuck 

 into the earth in a dry lituation till want- 

 ed. 



About 



* Mr Speechly mentions feveral methods of making 

 vine cuttings ; and particularly recommends that by 

 one eye. I have given them all fair and frequent trials j, 

 and, after all, anV inclined to flick by the old-fafhioned 

 Mallet method, I have always found the ftrongeft plants 

 to be obtained by it. But, to make the moft of a rare 

 kind, the method by one eye is of great advantage. It 

 is performed by cutting off the bud, with half an inch 

 of the fhoot below, and one inch above, in a {loping 

 manner -, and placing it againft the fide of the pot fa- 

 cing the fun, to the depth of half an inch. 



