ON VINERIES. 



ent kinds of manure may be stacked up in the same way 

 as recommended for the sods. In my opinion, the heaps 

 of soils, as well as the manures of various soils, should 

 be turned over two or three times during the year, and 

 the former, when they appear too dry, watered with liquid 

 manure, but not to excess. The cultivator, however, 

 must use his own judgment as to the quality and quantity. 

 The great matter is to make sure of all the principal 

 inorganic constituents necessary for the proper develop- 

 ment of the vine and its productions. 



It is generally very difficult to get good turf and 

 other soils near large towns without paying a high 

 price ; yet by keeping a sharp look-out, it is astonishing 

 what may be done even under disadvantageous circum- 

 stances. Where a great quantity of compost is required, it 

 forms a costly item, as it is difficult to be obtained with- 

 out paying a fabulous price for it. A very worthy 

 gentleman once said to me, ' Ah ! Meredith, you may buy 

 gold too dear.' By those who have only three or four 

 moderate-sized vineries, the matter is more easily accom- 

 plished. Sometimes the gardener or amateur may be 

 able to secure a quantity where turf is got out of a park 

 or pasture field in which improvements are being made. 

 Every land agent or bailiff and gardener knows, that if an 

 old vine border, or soil out of an old kitchen garden, is 

 spread over the space where the turf has been taken from, 



and properly seeded down, well rolled, and protected from 



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