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not require so much cutting as whole ones, and they 

 will also leave a greater space inside of the column 

 for the reception of the materials. The first circular 

 course being laid, the interior is to remain as it is, 

 hollow. 



3d. Now mark the exact spot in this course where 

 the shoot of the vine is to go through the brickwork, 

 and this should be opposite the centre of one of the 

 sides of the base, that faces either the south or east or 

 aay intermediate point. This spot being marked, the 

 second course of bricks is to be laid as before, observ- 

 ing that, as the shoot of the vine is to go through 

 here, a semicircular hole is to be made in the upper 

 surface of the brickwork, of an inch and a half in 

 diameter, to form a passage for the shoot. The 

 second course being laid, a sufficient quantity of 

 materials to fill the column, of the description already 

 mentioned,* having been previously provided and 

 properly prepared, the hollow space is now to be filled 

 with them as high as the surface of the brickwork. 

 They must be put in by the hand, and placed closely 

 and compactly together. 



4th. Now plant the vine, observing the directions 

 respecting the roots given in p. 163, which are to be 

 strictly followed. The vine should be a strong plant 

 three years old. It is to be laid on its side, with its 

 roots inside of the column, and its shoot passing 

 through the semicircular hole to the outside of it. 

 That part of the shoot that lies in the hole is to have 

 all its buds cut out, leaving as much of the shoot out- 

 side the column as contains three good buds. 



5th. The vine being thus planted, the third course 

 of bricks may be laid, taking care that a brick with a 

 semicircular hole, exactly the same size as the other, 

 is laid over the brick on which the shoot of the vine 

 is resting, and which will then be lying in a eb'cidw 

 hole, an inch and a half in diameter. The third 

 course being laid, the internal vacancy must be again 



*See page 158. 



