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This must now be carefully taken np, with its roots 

 as entire as possible, and if any of them be bruised, or 

 in any way mjured, they must be pruned back to the 

 sound parts ; fix the vine in the hole with its stem 

 about three inches from the wall, and let the bottom' 

 bud be just even with the surface of the ground. 

 Spread the roots out in a horizontal direction at equal 

 distances from each other, and in a similar manner to 

 the spokes of a fan, and then fill the hole with the 

 mould nearly to the top. Take hold of the stem, 

 and, drawing it upwards a little, give it two or three 

 good shakes with the hand, that the mould may settle 

 well round the roots ; after which, fill up the hole 

 with the remainder of the mould, cut the vine down 

 to the two bottom buds, and the operation will be 

 completed. 



If the vine have been raised in a pot, the roots will 

 most probably be matted together, in which case they 

 must be freed from the mould, by having it shaken 

 entirely off"; and if any of them should have grown 

 in an adverse direction, so as to cross each other, or 

 in any way that is likely to interfere with their 

 future growth, which is frequently the case with the 

 roots of vines raised in pots, all such must be cut 

 completely out, close to the part whence they have 

 sprung. Also, such of the roots' as are very taper and 

 long, and that appear to have been over-excited in 

 their growth, prune back to within a foot of the stem, 

 or to such parts as appear to be sufficiently strong 

 and healthy to generate new fibres. Transplanting 

 should always be done in dry and still weather, and 

 when the soil works freely. During the removal of a 

 vine, the roots must be carefully kept from exposure 

 to the atmosphere, the influence of which would dry 

 up their tender extremities, and cause them to perish. 

 The better way is, never to take up a young vine 

 about to be transplanted, until its new residence be 

 prepared to receive it, and then to let its removal be 

 effected as quickly as possible. 



Assuming now that the vine thus transplanted is a 



