ON THE PROPAGATION OF VINES. 67 



tion. If the foregoing directions be followed, the 

 roots will be four feet long before the winter sets in. 



It is necessary, however, to state distinctly, that 

 the success of the operation depends entirely on keep- 

 ing the mould in the pot continually moist^ on separat- 

 ing the layer from the parent vine at the time above- 

 mentioned^ on iminediately planting it in the spot 

 where it is to remain^ and in keeping it ivell supplied 

 with liquid manure throughout the remaining part of 

 the season. If the layer were suffered to maintain its 

 union with the parent vine throughout the autumn, 

 the roots would nearly all die away, in consequence 

 of their not having attained to a sufficient degree of 

 maturity to support their own vitality. If the termi- 

 nal bud when it bursts, should show fruit, the latter 

 must be pinched off immediately ; and as the shoot 

 advances in growth, it must, as often as necessary, 

 be tied to a stake, or, what will be much better, 

 trained against the wall. The tendrils should be cut 

 off as soon as they are about four inches long, and the 

 lateral or side shoots kept pinched back to one eye. 

 At the end of the season, as soon as the leaves are 

 shed, the plant must be cut down to the two lower- 

 most buds. It may be remarked, that by laying 

 shoots in this manner, tine grapes may be grown in 

 pots for the purpose of being cut from the parent vine 

 when the fruit is ripe, and produced at table as living 

 plants in full bearing. 



By cuttings. This is the best method of propaga- 

 ting vines in the open ground, when the plants are 

 either to be raised in the situation, where they are 

 finally to remain, or to be transplanted in tlie ensuing 

 winter, or at any subsequent period. To provide cut- 

 tings to be planted at the proper season, select at the 

 autumnal pruning a sufficient number of shoots of 

 the preceding summer's growth. Choose such as are 

 well-ripened, of a medium size, and moderately sliort- 

 jointed. Cut them into convenient lengths of six or 

 eight buds each, leaving at the ends not loss than a 

 couple of inches of the blank wood for the protection 



