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the natural wall ia this country, it might be 

 worth while to try it in a hot-house or vinery. 



The Black Prince, which has fiue large ber- 

 ries, and the bunches grow to a large size : Mr. 

 Forsyth has had them m a iavourable season, on 

 the natural wall, weighing a pound and a half; it 

 ripens on the natural wall in October. It de- 

 serves a place in the hot-house and vinery. 



SORTS PROPER FOR THE VINERY AND WALL. 



The July Grape, or Monllon Noir Hatii, is a 

 small round black berry of a sugary juice ; and 

 is principally esteemed for bcmg early ripe, 

 which is in Sepleinber. 



The Malmsey Muscadine somewhat resem- 

 bles the preceding ; the juice is very sweet, and 

 of a hich flavour. This is a good bearer, and a 

 very fine grape. 



The Black Sweet Water has a small roundish 

 berry, of a sweet taste ; but, being apt to crack, 

 is not in much repute. The birds are very fond 

 of this grape, which ripens in September. 



The Small Black Cluster has small oval ber- 

 ries j the leaves are covered with a hoary down. 

 This is a very pleasant fruit. 



The Earl) White Grape, from Teneriffe ; the 

 berries are of a anddling size, and the flesh re- 

 markably sweet and juicy. 



The Auvenia, or True Burgundy Grape, 

 sometimes called the Black Morillon, is an in- 

 different fruit for the table, but is esteemed one 

 of the best for making wine. 



SORTS PROPER FOR THE HOT-HOOSE, VINERY, 

 AND WALL. 



The White Sweet Water, which has a large 

 berry of a white colour, and very agreeable 

 juice; it is esteemed an excellent grape, and 

 ripens in September. 



The White Frontinac, orMuscat Blanc, which 

 has large bunches composed of round berries : the 

 juice of this grape, when fully ripe, is exquisite. 



To this list are added the following sorts, 

 without any descriptions ; — 



The Black Frankindale, the Black Gibraltar, 

 the Black Muscat of Alexandria, the Miller 

 Grape, the New White Sweet Water, the Passe 

 Musk, the Pearl Muscadine, the Red Con- 

 stantia, the Red Raisin, the Sir Abraham Pit- 

 cher's Fine Black, the West's St. Peter, the 

 White Constantia. 



The following are the sorts recommended for 

 a smal: garden, by the same author : — 



" The White Muscadine, White Sweet Wa- 

 ter, Black Sweet Water, Large Black Cluster, 

 Small Black Cluster, the Miller Grape ; and 

 the St. Peter's, and the Black Hamburgh, 

 aoswer well in favourable seasons." 



The author of the Scotch Forcing Gardener 

 observes, that " amongst the numerous varieties 

 of grapes, he does not know above eighteen or 

 twenty kinds worth a place in the vinery, and 

 even that number cannot have places in an ordi- 

 nary-sized house; but where there are two or 

 three houses, a variety to the extent of twenty- 

 four kinds may be en6ouraged, without trans- 

 gressing the bounds of moderation." The fol- 

 lowing IS the list which he advises : — 



White Sweet Water, White Muscadine, 

 Royal do. Black do. Black Frontinac, White d6. 

 Red do. Grisly do. Black Hambui^h, White do. 

 White Kaisin, Red do. Syrian, White Tokay, 

 Flame-coloured do. While Passe Mosque, Gre- 

 cian, White Muscat of Alexandria, Black do. 

 Large Black Cluster, Black Constantia, White 

 do. St. Peter's Grape, Lonibardy. 



Out of which, he thinks, the proprietors of 

 grape-houses may choose so as to stock any 

 grape-house. 



The second species has the trunk woody, 

 sending out many slender branches furnished 

 with branching tendrils, by w hich they fasten 

 themselves to trees : the flowers in bunches like 

 those of the other sorts ; succeeded by berries 

 or grapes of an austere taste : the size of the 

 common vine, but with gray hairs scattered 

 over the whole : the leaves undivided, almost 

 smooth above, but villose and veined beneath 

 with thick vessels : it has a simple tendril from 

 the axils, and siiDple raceme from the middle 

 of the tendril : the flowers white, like those of 

 the common vine, and equal, on small lateral 

 racemes: the berries round, brownish-gieen, 

 small, watery, ac\(\, eatable. It is said to pro- 

 duce a great quantity of small black grapes in . 

 the lower hills of Jamaica; but they are of a 

 rough taste, and would doubtless make an ex- 

 cellent red wine if properly managed. It seems 

 to thrive best in the Red-hills. It is there known 

 by the naine of Water-withe. It is a native of 

 the East and West Indies, &c. 



The third has the stalks and branches like 

 those of the common grape, but the leaves are 

 cut into many slender segments : the grapes are 

 round, white, and disposed in loose bunches. 

 It is now little known, as the fruit has little 

 flavour, and ripens late in autumn ; only a few 

 plants are preserved for the sake of variety. 



The fourth species has the stem woody, send- 

 ing out many slender branches, which climb bv 

 tendrils: the leaves are composed of many- 

 smaller winged leaves, divided somewhat like 

 those of common Parsley, of a lucid green on 

 their upper side, but much paler on their under: 

 the flowers axillary in loose bunches, very small, 

 white, composed of five small petals, which ex- 



