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but when the calcareous parts are mixed with a clay soil, it 

 may produce vines which are of a very fair sort. In general, 

 however, mountains of this description are of a height too 

 inconsiderable, and their summits too flat for such cultivation. 



The Coarse Limestone^ being very unsuitable {tres desagre- 

 able), furnishes a deep and fertile soil, when it is well tilled ; 

 and good vines may be reared upon it. 



Gypsum when it composes the sediment of the soil, should 

 produce, according to the author, good vines ; but he appears 

 to have seen no instances of it. 



Kiffer, which is easily decomposed, furnishes a light soil, 

 on which vegetation is similar to that on the variegated sand- 

 stone. The wine which it produces is weak. 



The Sc/i/stous Marl of the Lias is easily decomposed by the 

 air, and yields a fertile soil, favourable to the vine. Its black 

 colour is beneficial to the maturity of the grape ; however, it 

 is not distinguished by the production of any remarkable wine. 

 This soil, when it is interspersed with round pebbles mixed 

 with clay and sand, is very fit for the vine. 



Vegetation commences only by the mixture of clay in the 

 sand, arising from the decomposition of different rocks. 

 Such land can only pi'oduce wild vines, and vegetation is 

 often completely iinpeded during dry seasons. 



The mud of gained land is generally little favourable to 

 the vine. Wet seasons are especially injurious to it, and it 

 only produces a bad wine. 



Art. XXII. A Plan for a Straiioberry Wall. 

 By Robert Byers, Esq. 



Sir, 



As it has been proved, beyond a doubt, that the finest 

 strawberries have been produced from one year old plants, 

 and as their culture deserves our greatest attention, the fruit 

 being, perhaps, one of the most wholesome in the world, the 

 following plan for their culture may be valuable to your 

 readers as possessing more advantages than the ordinary 

 methods. 



Suppose a bed 20 ft. long by 3 ft. 6 in. wide, place round this 

 bed, stones or bricks about 6 in. high, and as nearly level as 

 you can with convenience, fill the within space, and about an inch 

 above it, with compost in which there is a fourth gravel or 

 small stones. Around the whole bed place your plants 6 in. 



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