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ON VINERIES. 



several years. I may mention, the sun was not so severe 

 on the thick-skinned varieties. Accordingly I strongly 

 recommend those who cultivate vines not to practise the 

 barbarous system of summer pruning; indeed, it ought 

 not to be done at any time of the year. 



MANAGEMENT OF THE COMPOST-YARD. 



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The compost for vines is often too much neglected 

 by most inexperienced gardeners and amateurs. I con- 

 sider it a wise plan to have different varieties of turfy 

 sods stacked up and carefully preserved from too much 

 wet, so that they will always be in a fit state for use 

 when required. If this important matter is neglected, 

 it will go very much against the interest of the culti- 

 vator ; because, if the compost is left to the last moment 

 when he wants it for use, in all probability it will not 

 be in a fit state for the plants. It is well known by 

 experienced gardeners, that if soils are made use of when 

 in a wet state, disappointment and failure are frequently 

 the result. I advise that each variety of sod be kept by 

 itself, and a span roof constructed of wooden shutters, so as 

 to throw off heavy rain and snow. If the sods should be 

 too much decayed before being required for vine borders, 

 pot vines, etc., they ought to be mixed with some rich turf, 



about two inches thick, from a deer or sheep pasture. Differ- 



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