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being placed on arches), when occasion requires it. I find 

 the hot-water system to answer extremely well, better than 

 any other method I have ever seen in use. 



I grow our succession and nursery plants in a pit built of 

 bricks, pigeon-holed; and I use linings of dung, leaves, grass, 

 &c., when the heat of the bed in the inside requires renewing. 

 The plants are kept in pots till wanted for plunging out for 

 fruiting. 



The saving of trouble and expense occasioned by the above 

 treatment of the pine-apple will, I trust, be evident to all 

 your readers ; and I hope many of them will not only take 

 my word for its being attended witii complete success, but 

 that they will give it a fair and similar trial to that 1 have en- 

 deavoured to state above : if they do, I fancy the result will 

 be, that some will find that pine-apples will grow, and that 

 freely, with scarcely any bottom heat, particularly when out 

 of pots. 



If you should consider this worthy of insertion in your 

 Magazine, it is at your service; and, I assure you, no one 

 will be more anxious to hear of similar experiments being- 

 made, and found to answer, than myself; and also that, 

 through your Magazine, a fruit so desirable may, ere long, 

 become more generally cultivated than at present. 



I am, Sir, yours, &c. 

 Pendarves, July 31. 1832. James Mitchinson. 



Art. XXII. On a rapid Mode of raising excellent Vine Plants. 

 By Mr. T. Rutger, Gardener at Short Grove, Essex. 



Sir, 



The following is a mode by which I raised a sufficient 

 number of fine young vines to stock a vinery : — 



At the pruning season, leave a shoot of strong young wood, 

 over and above what may be wanted for training, of a suffi- 

 cient length to bend down to any convenient place where a 

 pot can be placed to receive it as a layer ; and also for train- 

 ing it during its growth. When the vine begins to push, dis- 

 place all the buds from the shoot intended for laying, except 

 the leading one. When this is grown to about 8 in. or 1 ft. 

 in length, bend it down to the pot, and lay it so that the top 

 joint, whence the young wood has sprung, may be fixed with a 

 strong crook at about 1 in. under the surface of the mould. 

 As soon as it begins to take root, which may be known by 

 removing a little of the earth, begin to weaken its resources 



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