8 The Gardener's New Director. 



The borders mud be prepared f\x weeks before the 

 Vines are planted, the following forts of which will beft 

 anfwer the purpofc. 



1. The white Chafi'eb.s, or Royal Mufcadine. 7 . _ 



2. l"he black Challelas, or black Mufcadine. i ^' 



3. Red Mufcadine. 



4. The White Frontiniac. 



5. The Red Frontiniac. 



6. The Damafk Grape. 



7. The Raifin Grape. 



8. The Malmfey Grape. 



9. The Red Hamburgh Grape. 



10. The White Mufcat, or Frontiniac oi Alexandria. 



1 1. The Red Mufcat, or Frontiniac o{ Alexandria. 



12. The Alicant red Grape. 



Thefe are the beH: grapes, either for hot-walls, or in the 

 field; but as few of our grapes arrive at any perfection 

 without artificial heat, I would advife hot-walls for their 

 periection. Vines are propagated from layers or cuttings : 

 the finl method is moft generally followed, tho' the leaft 

 to be approved of, except where they are planted in 

 pots, for the better prefervation of their roofs; yet I 

 would prefer good cuttings to layers, as vine-roots do not 

 grow fo flrong and woody as other fruit-trees, but are (oft 

 and fpongy, and are very apt to be injured ; therefore I 

 would give the preference to cuttings, and more fo, if 

 they are to come any diflance, as they will keep good for 

 four monti.s. 



The beft feafon to take off the cuttings is from the be- 

 ^\r\r\\x\'^^^c>i November io \.\ni. qv\<\ o'i January. When they 

 arrive, let them be laid in a dry fandy or rubbifiiy border, 

 by a fouth wall, (tho' not too near it) in fome well ex- 

 poled place, covering them with earth half way up the 

 cuttings, laying mulch or flraw upon them for a de- 

 fence from frofl and too much wet ; but in mild weather 

 it is to be removed to give them air. It muft be obferv- 

 ed, that fuch fhoots only as are flrong and well ripened, 

 of the lafl year's growth, ought to be taken ; and 

 thefe fhould be cut from the old vines jufl below the 

 place where they were produced, taking off, with the 



cutting, 



