ON VINERIES. 



the shape of plant - houses and frames. Vines and 

 other plants cannot be well grown together. Vines, 

 require to be kept cool and dry, and plants want 

 very nearly the same treatment; frost, however, must be 

 carefully excluded. If plants are to be kept through 

 the winter in vineries, great care should be taken to 

 keep them free from insects. As the leaves of the vines 

 ripen, let them be removed, pinching them off at the 

 apex of the leaf, and leaving the foot to fall off, which 

 it will do freely as the wood becomes ripe. 



2d Week. — Go on syringing the vines in the early 

 vinery two or three times a day with tepid water ; if the 

 weather is wet and gloomy, damping dry surfaces in 

 the house will be sufficient. If the nights are warm, 

 much fire heat will not be needed, yet sufficient heat 

 and a circulation of air will be required to prevent the 

 atmosphere becoming stagnant, which brings about mil- 

 dew, — in other words, the vine disease in the vine- 

 yards abroad, and in the hop-fields, wherever they may be. 



Proceed with cleaning and putting the succession 

 vineries in a fit state for forcing. 



3d Wee!:, — Those who prefer forcing vines in pots 

 should, in order to forward them as much as possible, 

 plunge them in a slight bottom heat, with a night tem- 

 perature from 48° to 50°, on sunny days from G5° to 70°, 



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