184 ON PLANTING AND MANAGING 



If the roots, however, are in a pot, the mode of 

 planting must be a little different. In this case, the 

 ball of earth in which the roots are growing had better 

 not be disturbed. Provide, therefore, one piece of 

 cloth for each vine, and soak it in soap-suds as before. 

 Then take the vine out of the pot with the ball of earth 

 entire, and wrap the wet cloth round it, taking care 

 that it be in close contact with the surface of the soil 

 of the ball. This being done, bind the cloth tightly 

 round with packthread, in a sufficiently firm manner 

 to keep it in that state, and then insert it in the bed of 

 materials in the usual manner, taking care that they 

 are placed closely round the ball, so as to leave no open 

 space for the air to dry up the moisture. The wet 

 cloth that will thus remain bound round the roots, will 

 offer no impediment whatever to their growth, for they 

 will quickly penetrate through it in all directions, and 

 in the course of a few months devour the whole so com- 

 pletely, that not a vestige of it will remain. 



When planted in the summer. In this case the roots 

 will, of course, be in a growing state, and in a pot, 

 otherwise the vine cannot be transplanted with safety 

 at this season of the year. Provide a piece of cloth 

 as before, and soak it in warm soap-suds. Then take 

 the vine out of the pot and wrap the cloth round it in 

 the manner already mentioned, taking care as the 

 roots are newly formed, and therefore very tender, not 

 to bind the cloth round too tightly. This being done, 

 insert it in the bed of materials as before. It will be 

 of great advantage to a vine planted in this way in 

 summer, to give it about a quart of good rich warm 

 soap-suds every day for a fortnight after it is planted, 

 as this will most materially promote its growth. 



In planting vines under glass, care should always 

 be taken to avoid the common, but capital error, of 

 placing the stems of them directly under the rafters. 



