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additional directions. Avery fine loose soil should be 

 provided, containing a considerable portion of lively 

 sand, which is well known to facilitate quick rooting. 

 Beneath each vine should be placed a barrowful of 

 chopped turf and of sandy loam, which have been 

 lying together for several months : this being in 

 lumpy masses, not disintegrated, will at once facilitate 

 the escape of moisture and promote a rapid extension 

 of root. To prevent sudden droughts owing to ex- 

 treme porosity, the looser compost may be strewn 

 through and over the fibres. The best time to plant 

 is when the plants are about emerging from their tor- 

 pidity, whether naturally or induced. The ball of 

 earth should be carefully separated, and the roots 

 trained as carefully out as an exhibition flower on a 

 trellis. When merely covered with a fine compost, a 

 layer of the same turfy matter may be placed over it, 

 and over that a mulching of such fermented drop- 

 pings and litter as gardeners prefer for making a 

 mushroom bed. If in doors, they require skilful ap- 

 plications of water for the first four months : after 

 which they may have it more frequently in the heat 

 of summer, especially if they have made much pro- 

 gress. Those planted outside are liable to suffer in 

 the first four months through drenching rains. If 

 such occur, it is a good practice to place old hotbed 

 lights over them : if such are not to spare, oil-cloth, 

 tarpaulin, &c. will readily suggest themselves. If, 



