INDEX. 



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good wine, 17 adaptation for culture in towns, 20 the usual 

 method of cultivating on open walls, 24 rule observed in pru- 

 ning, in foreign countries, 28 the effects of warm summers in 

 ripening the bearing shoots, 28 experiments made to ascertain 

 the extent of the fruit-bearing powers, 30 injurious effects of 

 bearing fruit prematurely when young, 36 vegetative powers, 

 169 indigenous country of, 170 manure not necessary when 

 forced, 171 rapidity of growth unfavorable to the formation of 

 fruit-buds, 172 winter planting, 183 summer planting, 184 

 new mode of cultivating, 189 where to plant, under glass, 184 

 capital error often committed in planting, 184 in pots, how 

 to be planted, 184 favorable conditions when planted in dry 

 materials, 185 when forced should be planted inside the vine- 

 ry, 178 forced, temperature of the branches in winter, 168. 



Vinery, excavation for a new, 179. 



Vintage, general rule respecting the. 132. 



Walls, most eligible height for training vines upon, 63 best sort 

 of materials for building, 54, 65 on blackening the surface of, 

 66 hollow, necessity of in all erections for forcing vines, 179 

 cross, necessity of in the bed of a vinery, 180 pigeonhole, 18(X 



Watering, with liquid manure, 123 the foliage and fruit, 124. 



Wind, injurious effects on the growth of vines, 39. 



Wine, produced from the leaves, tendrils, and young shoots, 17. 



Wood, injurious effects of old and naked, 81. 



Woollen rags, a good manure, 59. 



APPENDIX, 197-205. 



