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mote the rapid formation of wood ; and the j.'irowth 

 which may be obtained in a single season, by this plan, 

 is often truly surprising. 



Other methods of obtaining layers, without burying 

 the whole cane, will readily occur to persons acquainted 

 with the nature of the vine, and it is therefore unneces- 

 sary to describe them. 



As soon as the new layers are well rooted, say at the 

 beginning of the second season, they may be separated 

 from the old vine, and thus a great number of young 

 and vigorous plants may be obtained, in place of one 

 old, barren, and almost worthless cane. We have re- 

 newed several old vines and arbors in this way, produc- 

 ing twenty or thirty new, healthy, fruitful canes, ten 

 and fifteen feet in length, in a single season, where be- 

 fore existed only an old, tangled mass of barren wood, 

 unsightly and useless, even for purposes of shade, to 

 the great delight and astonishment of the owner. Our 

 system of pruning gives as much shade on arbors as 

 any other, and vastly more fruit, of an infinitely supe- 

 rior quality. If shade high up ol the trellis or arbor 

 be an object, the vine need not be cut back so low as 

 for the vineyard, but its fruiting wood may be taken 

 from any height that may be desired. 



