Planting of a Vineyard. Ill 



strata, in the form of compost. When about to be 

 used, it must be thoroughly mixed. 



Two-year old roots [Fig. 8 ] must be taken up from 

 the nursery, with all the care indicated under the head 

 of " Nursery," and then, to prevent them from being 

 injured by the drying action of the air, proceed as fol- 

 lows : A thick mush of water, clay, and a considerable 

 quantity of well compounded manure, such as horse and 

 cow-dung, guano, excrement, oil-cakes, and other sim- 

 ilar substances, is placed in a tub, by the side of the 

 workman taking up the plants. Another tub is filled 

 with dry wood-ashes. As the vines are dug, the work- 

 man dips four or five at a time, into the liquid manure, 

 and sprinkles them with ashes. This sort of coating 

 of the roots serves to protect them from the action of 

 the air and sun, which are particularly injurious. It 

 also stimulates their growth, and advances their devel- 

 opment one year. 



Thus prepared, they are immediately taken to the 

 planting-ground, laid in small piles, and covered with 

 straw. No more should be prepared than can be 

 planted in one day. 



A workman opens a little trench, about sixteen 

 inches long, in tne line of the row, twelve inches 

 wide, and of the required depth, taking into account 

 the nature of the soil and climate. The bottom of the 

 trench must be an inclined plane, one extremity of 

 which should reach the surface of the ground. 



As the trenches are opened, a workman lays by the 

 side of each from three to five quarts of the compost 

 spoken of, and a child, following him, places a rooted 



