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three inches thick, smoothing it off with a hoe, trowel, 

 or anj other convenient instrument. If made with good, 

 fresh lime and sand, gravel and stones, free from loam, 

 and pretty rich with lime, it will set in twenty-four 

 hours, and in a few days become very hard, and finally 

 quite impervious to water or the roots of plants. If the 

 lime be slacked in the mortar-bed, and not screened 

 clear of lumps, the concrete will be much less perfect; 

 and if the workmen attempt to wet the heap of sand and 

 stones, by pouring lime water upon it, or to dig the 

 heap when wet from the top, much time and labor will 

 be expended in a useless manner. 



DRAINAGE. 



After the concrete has become solid, lay the atmos- 

 pheric conductors across the border, and deposit the 

 drainage material between and upon them, about six 

 inches deep. 



DIVIDED BORDERS. 



In addition to placing the grape border altogether in- 

 side the house, and detaching it from the front wall and 

 from the soil, we have also lately divided the border 

 into sections two feet wide, by brick partitions, keeping 

 every vine by itself, just as if the border consisted of a 

 number of large pots or tubs. This method we like very 

 much, and earnestly recommend it to the attention of 



