186 OPEN AIK GEAPE CULTURE. 



tliis Manner plant in one Day, viz., upward of two 

 thousand." 



In our own practice we simply make a deep liole, 

 insert the cutting, fill up with dry sand and give a 

 liberal supply of water. By inserting the cutting as 

 deeply as here advised it is placed beyond reach of 

 drought, though the lower portion rarely throws out 

 roots unless the soil be very favorable. 



Eyes. — ^Where the aid of a hot bed or propagating 

 house can be obtained, eyes afford an easy and rapid 

 mode of multiplying vines. They are usually cut 

 about two inches long, containing only one bud, and 

 are started in February or March in pots or boxes 

 filled with a mixture of sand, leaf-mold, and soil. 

 The buds are either buried half an inch deep or 

 placed even with the surface of the earth, according 



Fig. 52. Fig. 58. 



to the ideas of the operator, and generally form strong 

 plants, which may be set out in the open ground in 

 June or July. Figs. 52 and 53 illustrate the position 



