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eighteen inches, all along the border, to the depth of twelve inches, and 

 filled up nearly to the surface with bone dust. And then, with a plain 

 trellis, five or six feet high, and wires attached to support the young 

 canes when they came, and with the vines eight feet apart, I said, on 

 reviewing the work, that if these grapes did not grow, I would — be 

 disappointed ! But no disappointment followed. 



The first season two canes were grown upon each vine, varying from 

 four to ten feet in length, and of proportionate thickness. In Novem- 

 ber, these were cut back to from one to three feet, according to size and 

 condition, and in April they were attached to the trellis as permanent 

 arms. As the season advanced, the buds opened, and new canes grew 

 with great rapidity, developing a full supply of fruit. I had the pru- 

 dence to rub off nearly all the bunches on the spot, caring more for a 

 large and healthful yield of grapes in 1871 than for a premature crop 

 the present year, to be succeeded by a long period of exhaustion and 

 barrenness. 



Not to linger over the details, as I now write the vines are the admi- 

 ration of beholders. In this their second season in the new home, many 

 of them are extending nearly over their allotted space, sending up stout, 

 vigorous canes, six to eight feet long, above the topmost wire, and hav- 

 ing four or five of these canes on each arm. Next year it is reasonable 

 to expect that each vine will fully occupy its eight feet of trellis, and 

 yield an average of between fifteen and twenty-five bunches of fruit. 



If, as the conclusion of the whole matter, I can aid in establishing 

 the conviction in the minds of grape culturists, that the measure of their 

 ultimate success is established in advance by themselves, and is reg- 

 ulated altogether by the degree of attention they bestow in the selection 

 of the locality, preparation of the soil, and adaptation of the general 

 treatment to the nature and requirements of the grape, this article will 

 not have been written in vain. 



LILIUM TENUIFOLIUM. 



By Francis Parkman, Jamaica Plain, Mass. 



A NATIVE of Siberia, and one of the smallest as well as one of the 

 prettiest of the lily family. The bulbs are no larger than a walnut, and, 

 indeed, are rarely so large. The stem is about a foot high, thickly 



