56 THE CULTURE OF THE GRAPE. 



the heat gradually uutil it reaches 55° by night, by the time 

 the first leaves are fully expanded ; allowing them ten or fif- 

 teen degrees more by day, or sun heat, keeping a moist tem- 

 perature, syringing, and shutting up early in the afternoon. 

 By the time they have grown a foot, or eighteen inches, they 

 will require removal to larger pots." 



In the third chapter, the method of planting is detailed, etc. 

 " For a vinery, some authors recommend inside planting, with 

 wliich I don't agree, except for the back wall, or for a suc- 

 cession crop, intended to be trained below the rafters of the 

 roof vines. Presuming your borders have been made and 

 properly settled, as advised in a former part of this work, in 

 the month of March or April, carefully turn your young vine 

 out of the pot, taking its top through an opening in the sill 

 left for its insertion, leaving two buds clear inside the house ; 

 this will leave the ball three or four feet from the front of the 

 vinery. Open the soil opposite to each rafter. Then jDroceed 

 to single out the roots with great care, spreading them out in 

 the fan manner, filhng in amongst them with the compost of 

 leaf mould and sandy loam, keeping them as near the surface 

 as possible, laying in the young cane forward to the wall, and 

 not allowing it to be buried more than three inches. A httle 

 water would be of service, at the time of planting, in Avashing 

 in the soil, to the benefit of the roots, mulching them over 

 with a little litter. In the course of a week from the time of 

 planting, lay on the surface of the border, over the roots and 

 stems, stable litter and leaves in a good state of fermentation, 

 to the width of eight feet, and two feet six inches thick, which 

 will prove of great benefit to the young plant by putting its 

 roots in motion, and cause that part of the stem that is layered 

 to emit healthy roots in abundance, not employing artificial 

 heat inside, but giving plenty of air, which still continue, 

 untn you perceive the buds in motion, allowing the house to 

 rise to 65° or 70° by sun heat ; syringing the buds and 

 steaming the house, as the heat rises in the fore part of the 

 day, closing early in the afternoon, and allowing the house to 

 cool down, as night approaches, to 48° or 50°. 



