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main here until the weather is warm and settled out- 

 doors, when they may be transferred to a bed prej^ared 

 accordmg to the directions given for a bed for cuttings. 

 They will need shade if the sun is hot, and water if the soil 

 is dry. When once established, they should receive the 

 same treatment as cuttings, started in the open ground. 



One great advantage of this method it will be seen at 

 once, is the greatest economy of wood. But another and 

 greater advantage is the facility with which many vari- 

 eties are started, that can be multiplied in other ways 

 only with the greatest difficulty. 



5. Grafting. — In modern times the grape is seldom 

 l^ropagated by grafting. The process is not a very dif- 

 ficult one, but other methods are so much more available, 

 that there is little advantage in employing it. Soine va- 

 rieties, as the Diana, which cannot be increased ^oy ordi- 

 nary cuttings in the open ground, can be readily prop- 

 agated by grafting. Nevertheless, even in the case of 

 these varieties, this method is no more certain, and not 

 nearly so available as that of single buds, or eyes. 



The only method of grafting in which I have had any 

 experience, and a very simple and effective one, is one 

 which was first described in the American Agriculturist. 

 A vigorous shoot of the vine, which is to be used as the 

 stock, is bent clown and fastened into a hole in the ground, 



