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the season, cheap glass structures, without artificial 

 heat, may be erected, and the soil in them made rich, 

 into which the plants may be put directly after they 

 have become well rooted in the small pots in which they 

 are placed at the first potting. These beds may be 

 made with the natural soil in the house, or they may be 

 made of strong plank frames, deep enough to hold a foot 

 of soil, and elevated some two feet from the ground ; in 

 this manner the roots receive more heat than when 

 planted in the natural soil. The same care will be 

 required, the same watering, staking, etc., as if they 

 were in pots. Plants of superior quality may be grown 

 in this manner, with much less expense and trouble than 

 attends those that are grown in pots through the season. 



Single Buds in Open Air. This is another and 

 cheaper mode than the two preceding methods, as the 

 expense is but trifling after the plants leave the propa- 

 gating house. But when vines are to be grown in this 

 manner, they should not be started too early, for the 

 weather must have become warm and settled before they 

 can be planted out. 



The method is as follows : When the vines have 

 been repotted into the small pots and are well rooted, 

 they are turned out and planted in beds previously pre- 

 pared, in the following manner : First make the soil 

 rich and deep, and have it thoroughly pulverized and 

 raked level and smooth ; then lay it off into beds three 

 feet wide, and the required length ; drive down strong 

 stakes along the sides, to which nail boards to the height 

 of two feet or more, then across the top nail a few 

 strips to keep all firm. Stretch oiled or plain muslin 

 over the top, for shading the plant when first set out. 

 When all is ready, take the plants from the house and 

 turn them out of the pots (being careful not to break 

 the ball of earth as it is slipped from the pots), and 

 plant them about a foot apart each way in the beds. 



