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should find easy what appears simple to our- 

 selves. Anything is easy when it is known how 

 to do it. Few persons fail to grow a Geranium 

 or a Fuchsia in a tolerable manner, because their 

 first attempt was made amongst friends who knew 

 how to direct them. If they had to begin with- 

 out assistance the culture of a plant which they 

 had never seen before, and had but little ac- 

 quaintance with the growth of plants in" general, 

 the chances of success would not be greatly in 

 their favour. Though Vines have been so long 

 cultivated in this country, and vineries are now 

 so common, how few persons grow good crops of 

 Grapes every year ! yet those who know how, tell 

 us what is quite true, that nothing is so easy to 

 fruit as a Black Hamburgh Vine ; and that if 

 planted in good soil, nothing but bad manage- 

 ment can prevent its fruiting. When we think 

 that few persons know anything of the manage- 

 ment of Peach trees, still less of their culture 

 under glass, it is not surprising that the first 

 time they attempt to grow them some want of 

 success should attend their efforts. No oral or 

 written instructions will make up for the lack of 

 practical knowledge, because it is impossible to 



