VEGETABLES. 293 



IVY BERRIES/ 



Ivy berries afford a noble and providen- 

 tial supply for birds in Winter and Spring ; 

 for the first severe frost freezes and spoils 

 lall the havv^s, sometimes by the middle of 

 November; ivy berries do not seem to 

 freeze. WhitS:. 



HOPS. 



The culture of Virgil's vines corresponded 

 very exactly with the modern management 

 of hops. I might instance in the perpetual 

 diggings and hoeings, in the tying to the 

 stakes and poles, in pruning the superflu- 

 ous shoots, &c. but lately I have observed 

 a new circumstance, w^hich was, a neigh- 

 bouring farmer's harrowing between the 

 rows of hops with a small triangular harrow, 

 -drawn by one horse, and guided by two 

 handles. This occurrence brought to my 

 mind the following passage : 



ipsa 



" Flecterc luctuntcs inter vineta juvencos." 



Georgic II. 



