164 PLANTING AND MANAGING 



quantity at a time, and to place them compactly to- 

 gether, so as to cause all the roots to be in close con- 

 tact with the surfaces of both pieces of cloth, then re- 

 lay the bricks on the floor in their proper places. 



The roots will then lie warm and moist betwixt a 

 couple of blankets, and being thus taken care of, will, 

 in consequence, send forth new roots with the great- 

 est facility when the proper season arrives. Thus one 

 vine will be disposed of, and the others are of course 

 to be planted in the same manner. 



If the roots, however, are in a pot, the mode of 

 planting must be a little different. In this case, the 

 ball of earth in which the roots are growing had bet- 

 ter not be disturbed. Provide, therefore, one piece of 

 cloth for each vine, and soak it in soap-suds as before. 

 Then take the vine out of the pot with the ball of 

 earth entire, and wrap the wet cloth round it, taking 

 care that it be in close contact with the surface of the 

 soil of the ball. This being done, bind the cloth 

 tightly round with pack-thread, in a sufficiently firm 

 manner to keep it in that state, and then insert it in 

 the bed of materials in the usual manner, taking care 

 that they are placed closely round the ball, so as to 

 leave no open space for the air to dry up the moisture. 

 The wet cloth that will thus remain bound round the 

 roots, will offer no impediment whatever to their 

 growth, for they will quickly penetrate through it in 

 all directions, and in the course of a few months de- 

 vour the whole so completely, that not a vestige of it 

 will remain. 



When planted in the Smnmer. — In this case the 

 roots will of course be in a groAving state, and in a 

 pot, otherwise the vine cannot be transplanted with 

 safety at this season of the year. Provide a piece of 

 cloth as before, and soak it in ?r«rm soap-suds. Then 

 take the vine out of the pot and wrap the cloth round 

 it in the manner already mentioned, taking care as 

 the roots are nev/ly formed, and therefore very ten- 

 der, not to bind the cloth round too tightly. This 

 being done, insert it in the bed of materials as before, 



