44 ON ASPECT. 



On walls having any of these aspects the sun shines 

 with full force in the early part of the morning, at 

 which time there is something highly favourable to ve- 

 getation in the influence of his rays. These, darting 

 nearly perpendicularly on the foliage of a vine, while 

 the dew yet remains, and its beautiful crystal drops 

 hang suspended, as it were, by magic, to the angular 

 extremities of the leaves, seem to stimulate the vital 

 energies of the plant in an extraordinary degree, and 

 to excite them to a vigorous exercise of all the impor- 

 tant functions appertaining to vegetable life. 



The next best aspects are those which follow in suc- 

 cession from south-east to south. An aspect due south 

 is undoubtedly a very good one, but its exposure to 

 those strong winds which so frequently blow from the 

 south-west, forms a great drawback to its excellence. 

 The remaining aspects are those which range succes- 

 sively from due south to due west. These are all good 

 ones, provided they are sheltered, or partially so, from 

 the destructive effects of the high winds above men- 

 tioned. North of the western point, the maturation of 

 the wood and fruit of the vine becomes uncertain ; 

 nevertheless, tolerably good grapes may be grown on 

 the surface of a wall Jiaving an aspect not farther 

 north than west by north. There is, however, another 

 aspect, that is north of the eastern point of the horizon, 

 which is a very good one indeed, and that is east by 

 north. On a wall facing this point, the sun shines till 

 about eleven o'clock in the morning. I. have, for many 

 years past, brought several sorts of grapes, including 

 the Black Hamburgh, to great perfection in this as- 

 pect. North of this point, however, the solar rays are 

 not sufficiently powerful to mature either the wood or 

 the fruit of the vine. 



