78 FRUIT GARDEN. 



Mr. Buchanan says, that in the vicinit}^ of Cincinnati 

 the most common way of propagating the vine is by 

 means of cuttings, which may be made a foot or more 

 long, with a portion of two year old w^ood attached. 

 Or they may be shortened to only one or two buds or 

 eyes. Sometimes, instead of covering only the lower 

 end of the cutting, and leaving one or more eyes above 

 the soil, the piece of vine is all covered under, a prac- 

 tice called cultivating by layers. Plants raised from 

 cuttings are generally preferred. These should be 

 selected a year before they are wanted, and transferred 

 to very large pots, by which means they will be made 

 strong rooted and vigorous 



Another mode of raising from layers is to bend down 

 a vine or shoot into a hole. dug about four inches deep, 

 and cover it up firmly with earth, leaving the growing 

 extremity outside. In dry weather, occasional water- 

 ings will be necessary. In the month of November, 

 the layer will be found to have taken sufficient root to 

 admit of being separated from the parent vine and 

 planted wherever desired. It should be cut down so as 

 to show about two eyes above the ground, only one of 

 which should be allowed to grow the first year. 



Grafting is sometimes resorted to, either on the stock 

 above ground, or on the main root just below the ground. 

 This succeeds best when the cion has been kept in a 

 cool place and kept back. Either whip, tongue, or 

 wedge-grafting may be adopted. 



G-7'afting of the G-raije-vme. — One of the newest 

 practices in horticulture is the grafting of the grape- 

 vine with detached cions, as introduced by Mr. William 

 Gowans, the judicious gardener at Gadder House, near 

 Glasgow. It has been found perfectly successful, and 



