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be it understood, that an advance in bottom heat of 

 5 to 10 degs. in the earlier stages would undoubtedly 

 be beneficial. The same process of stopping during 

 growth, &c. apply here as in the treatment of vines 

 trained in hothouses. Little need be added, there- 

 fore, on this head. 



We must here be permitted to observe that, after 

 all, much — very much — of the success in all these 

 cases must ever depend on the way in which the vines 

 are potted. Drainage is the first essential ; secondly, 

 texture of soil ; thirdly, quality. In regard of drain- 

 age, nothing can exceed a mixture of broken crocks, 

 small lumps of bone (boiled), and lumpy charcoal. 

 There is no real necessity for having the pots so large 

 as Mr. Burns recommends ; in fact it would be ex- 

 tremely inconvenient to many persons. There is, 

 however, little doubt that a bushel pot will excel a 

 half-bushel one in amount of produce — all other mat- 

 ters being equal. It may, nevertheless, be safely 

 affirmed, that a pot of about 14 inches diameter, and 

 the same in depth, is, under good cultivation, capable 

 of perfecting of from four to six pounds of Hambro' 

 grapes. More than this, undoubtedly, may be pro- 

 duced ; we speak, however, of high-flavoured and 

 well swelled berries. 



Next in order comes texture and quality of soil, or 

 in other words, compost. If a system of applying li- 

 quid manure is to be pursued — and it ought to be — 



