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be removed and nailed up against a wall, provision 

 being made that they do not suffer from want of water. 

 From this position they should, on the approach of 

 frost, be removed to an airy shed, peach-house at rest, 

 or some other shelter, where they can be kept cool, and 

 at the same time protected from severe frost. Thus 

 prepared, they are fit either for fruiting in the pots they 

 are in, or for planting out in a border. If wanted for 

 the former purpose, they may be cut back to 5 feet, 

 including pot. Their roots should never be allowed 

 to get dry during their season of rest, as is sometimes 

 the case, nor should they have much water. 



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I have planted vines at various seasons, from the 1st 

 of March till the beginning of July, and have found 

 them all succeed well. The time of planting has often 

 to be determined by circumstances. For my own part, 

 I . think a mean betwixt the dates I have named the 

 most suitable say the beginning of April. I will 

 therefore suppose that at this date the soil has been 

 wheeled into the house during dry weather, and care- 

 fully and equally levelled to the required height, 

 making allowance for the subsiding that is sure to 

 take place in the case of soil containing so much organic 

 matter. This allowance should not be less than 6 

 inches. Say then, that, before the vines are planted, 

 the soil is exactly to the level that it is desired when 

 the border has settled down, there will thus be a mar- 

 gin left for 6 inches of soil to be laid on during the 

 process of planting. 



