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This form leaves the middle of the sash open to the 

 sun's rays, and allows the back wall to be covered with 

 bearing wood, a thing which, in. other circumstances, 

 can scarcely be done .with any beneficial eifect. It 

 must, however, be admitted that, according^ to the ex- 

 perience of some, this arrangement is inferior to the 

 common trellis. 



It is of importance that the included soil and front 

 border of a vinery should be fresh and rich, and of 

 a considerable depth. Mr. GrifFen (in Lond. Hortici 

 Trans.) recommends as a comj^ost ''one-half of good 

 loamy soil with its turf, one-quarter of rich old dung, 

 and one-quarter of brick and lime rubbish; the turf 

 well rotted, and the whole well incorporated." Plants 

 raised from cuttings, and prepared for two or three 

 years in pots, are preferred for the furnishing of a 

 vinery; and when planted inside the house, there should 

 not be fewer than two plants to each sash. 



It is scarcely necessary to enumerate the particular 

 varieties of the grape-vine, as adapted for a vinery, for 

 every good variety deserves a place where there is room, 

 and all those which have been already mentioned are 

 occasionally employed. It may be remarked, however, 

 that the kinds should be assorted according to the order 

 of their ripening. The early g^i-apes, such as the Mus- 

 cadines, should be planted in a house, by themselves; 

 those of a medium character, the Frontignacks and Black 

 Hamburgh, for example, may occupy a second ; while 

 the late Tokay, the Muscat of Alexandria, Nice, Syrian, 

 and others, would be fit inmates for a third. This would 

 produce a regular succession, and admit a uniformity of 

 treatment in each house. Where there is not a suite 

 of vineries, but only on^ large house, tjie late varieties 

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