fined damp and stagnant air to escape at the back, 

 and promote an ingress of fresh air from the front of 

 the house. 



With regard to keeping grapes long on the tree, 

 much depends on the selection of the kinds. The 

 two best for this purpose are, undoubtedly, the true 

 Black Hambro' and the true West's St. Peter's. We 

 imagine the latter to be synonymous with the Black 

 Lombardy, or Raisin des Carmes, of the Horticultu- 

 ral Society's catalogue. Of this, however, we are not 

 perfectly assured, as there are two or three grapes 

 called St. Peter's. The kind we mean has rather 

 slender wood ; the lobes of the leaf are rather obtuse, 

 or not well defined ; and one peculiarity is, that the 

 leaf turns as red as the old Virginian Creeper, in the 

 month of November. This is an invaluable grape, 

 and should be in every collection ; it is, moreover, 

 exceedingly prolific, and particularly adapted for the 

 " close spur" system recommended by Mr. Crawshay. 



The Black Hambro' is too well known to need a 

 description here : this, for general utility, may be 

 placed at the head of useful grapes, and is equally 

 adapted for late or early purposes. The Muscat of 

 Alexandria is also a fine late grape, but will not sub- 

 mit to the low temperature and degree of atmospheric 

 moisture which the Hambro' and West's St. Peter's 

 will endure. It should by all means have a smal 

 house to itself, and would require a good deal of fire- 



