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the border, and the house is nowhere more than six 

 feet and a half high, and has such a pitch to the roof 

 that the grapes, when formed, must hang down, inside 

 of the house, under and clear of the foliage, which, we 

 think, adds much to the beauty of the sight which a 

 house in full fruiting condition exhibits to the spec- 

 tator. 



