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INDEX, 



Greenhouses, vines cultivated in, 186. 



Hair, horns, and hoofs of cattle, as manure, 59. 



Lateral shoots, how to manage, 114. 



Layers, method of raising vines by, 71. 



Leather, a good manure, 59. 



Leaves, their great value in protecting the fruit, 119 injurious 



consequences of plucking off the, 125. 

 Lime-washing the surface of vine-walls, 66. 

 Management of a young vine during the first five years, 100 of 



a vine during the winter, 145. 



Manure, best sorts for vine borders, 55 proper mode of deposit- 

 ing in vine borders, 60 liquid, the best sorts of, 61 caution 



against the excessive use of, 62. 

 Night-soil, a good top-dressing for vine borders, 52. 

 Pruning, the chief object of, 77 different methods of, 82 to 87 



general rules for, 87 general autumnal, 137. 

 Ripening process, described, 128. 

 Rocky soils, the vine delights in, 166. 

 Salt, its good effects when cast on a vine border, 146. 

 Sap, motion of the, 79 first movement of the, 175. 

 Scale of the proportionate quantity of grapes which any vine of a 



given girt of stem can mature, 35 practical application, 38. 

 Shanking, the cause in grapes, 176. 

 Shelter, necessary to the prosperous growth of vines, 39. 

 Shoot, how to nail, 1 13 method of bending when young, 154. 

 Shreds, the best sort for nailing vine shoots and branches, 98. 

 Shrivelling, the cause of, 176. 

 Soap-suds, an excellent liquid manure, 61, 183. 

 Soil, best sort, 45 low temperature in winter, 168 artificial, 177. 

 Solar heat necessary to produce grapes, 170. 

 Soot, a valuable manure, 61. 



Sprinkling the floor of a vinery, advantages of, 182. 

 Stable manure, beneficial to vine borders, 62. 

 Stem of a vine, described, 149. 



Stony soil, suitable for the roots of vines to grow in, 166, 167. 

 Stoning process of grapes described. 126. 

 Subsoil, the best sort for the roots of vines, 46. 

 Syria, temperature of, 168. 

 Tendrils, when to be pinched off, 45. 

 Thinning the bunches, mode of, 118 the berries, 120. 

 Training the branches, object of, 89 the serpentine method, 90 



in winter, 90 in summer, 95. 

 Transplanting of vines, method of, 100. 

 Urine, a valuable liquid manure, 61, 177. 

 Vine, native country of the, 15 its introduction into Britain, 15 



the leaves, tendrils, and young shoots capable of producing 



