CH.'$.] GRAPES* 



SECTION XII. 



On tie Cultivation cf Grapes in the Pine &<,-: 



THE cultivation of Grapes in the Pirie 

 Stove is in general pradice j and 

 the plants are commonly planted on the 

 outfide of the houie, introduced through 

 holes in the parapet, and trained up the 

 under-fides of the rafters. 



This method I have prefumed to deviate 

 from, for the following reafons : Firft, 

 Becaufe I think it unnatural that one part 

 of a plant fhould he, as it were, in Green- 

 land, and the other .in the Weft Indies 3 

 and, Secondly, Becaufe I am convinced 

 that no plant (efpecially the Pine) will 

 live and thrive as well under the made of 

 another, as when expofed to the free fun 

 and air. To obviate thefe objections, I 

 planted my Vines in the lobbies between 

 the ftoves and peach and grape houfes 3 

 introduced them through the partitions j 

 and trained them horizontally on trellifes 

 fixed againft the back-walls, and upright 

 H 4 fafhes 



