ON VINES. 201 



C H A P. X. 



On Fines. 



TH E cultivation of vines, and the 

 bringing the fruit to maturity, has 

 been much ftudied of late, and not with- 

 out fuccefs; but, from a long andafliduous 

 application, I have difcovered many things 

 that are nor in common practice, which 

 I hope may be of fervice to the public. 



I SHALL begin with raifmgof the plants, 

 and go through the management of them ; 

 firft, on common walls (for the benefit of 

 thofewho refide in countries where they will 

 ripen without help) fecondly, on fire-walls 

 without glafs or covering, thirdly, on fire- 

 walls with glafs or fome other covering; in 

 glafs-houfes or floves built on purpofe for 



them, 



