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till all the buds are fairly on the move. Notice previous 

 advice. 



Uh Week. — Where a stock of vines is required, either 

 for planting or fruiting in pots, this is the most 

 favourable time for propagating them. Take care to 

 select from well-ripened wood. In making cuttings, leave 

 half an inch of wood on each side of the eye, removing 

 the bark from the lower side by a clean cut. Place the 

 buds in 2 J to 3-inch pots, the eye uppermost, barely 

 covering it with the compost. Dry, turfy loam, leaf 

 mould, and a little silver sand, is the best material to start 

 with. The pots will then require plunging in a bottom 

 heat varying from 60° to 70°, which may be raised in 

 two or three weeks 5° higher. See article on the cultiva- 

 tion, etc. of pot vines. 



MARCH. 



1st Week. — Strong young vines, the first year of 

 bearing, when left any considerable length, are difficult 

 to get to break regularly. Bend them carefully back- 

 wards in a circular position, so as to allow the eyes at the 

 lower part of the vines to break evenly with those at 

 the top, after which they may be trained in their proper 



position. The succession vineries must have the. re- 



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