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great care, or injury will ensue ; and it is necessary that the 

 operator should have at least one assistant ; one to stand 

 inside of the house, the other outside ; in this manner the 

 vines may be all drawn through in a short time without 

 injury to the foliage or stem. The main stem must be im- 

 mediately fastened up to the rafter, and the house closed 

 earlier in the afternoon than usual. The following day, 

 should the weather be warm with a bright sun, it may be 

 as well to throw a few mats over the front sashes to pre- 

 vent their wilting — a little strawy manure may also be 

 thrown over the roots to keep the earth moist. Not quite 

 so much air should be given for a few days, and the vines 

 should receive a liberal syringing every evening for a week 

 or more, unless cloudy weather ; at the end of that time 

 the vines will be well established, and may be treated as if 

 they had been planted out a year. 



The best varieties for cultivation in vineries with fire- 

 heat, are the following : — 



1. Black Hamburgh— tho best for the principal crop. 



'2. Black Prince— a. good bearer and colors well. 



3. JVhite Fronlignac — an excellent musky grape. 



4. Black Fronlignac — similar, except in color, to the wliite. 



5. Grizzly Fronlignac — excellent, much like the white. 



6. Royal Muscadine — a fine grape of handsome appearance. 



7. Muscat of Mtxandria — a fine grape, requires a warm situation. 



8. White JVice — remarkable mostly for its immense bunches. 



9. St. Peter''s — ripens late, but keeps well on the vine. 



10. Jfhite Sweetwater — early, and desirable in a collection. 



11. Zi7ifindal—n, fine grape, large clusters and colors well. 



12. Esperione—b. good grape worthy of cultivation. 



For a vine without fire-heat, or what is generally termed 

 a coldhouse, the St. Peter's and Muscat of Alexandria, 

 should be omitted : the others will do well. 



In a future article we shall endeavor to illustrate our 

 ideas upon the summer and winter pruning of the vine. 



Art. III. Notices of Culinary Vegetables, new or recently 

 introduced., worthy of general cidtivation in private gar- 

 dens or for the market. By the Editor. 



We now resume our notices of new vegetables ; our last 

 article on this subject, appeared in Vol. VII, pp. 94 and 



