352 Notes on Gardens and Nurseries. 



Art. VI. Notes on Gardens and Nurseries. 



Residence of Horace Gray., Esq.., Neirton. Ang. 1th. — The 

 great objects of interest here are the graperies, of which there 

 are two large houses, each two hundred and ten feet long, and 

 twenty-four wide, built on what is called the curvilinear prin- 

 ciple, without moveable sashes, but only ventilators at the 

 top and front. One of these houses was erected in 1840, and 

 the other in 1845. The vines in the former are now in their 

 fifth year, and are producing as fine a crop as could be de- 

 sired ; the estimated product being not less than 2000 pounds. 

 Mr. Russel, the excellent gardener, whose communications 

 have so often appeared in our pages, fully understands the 

 treatment of the grape vine, and it is with much gratification 

 that we state our intention of giving an engraving of Mr. 

 Gray's vinery in our next number, with plans and sections, 

 showing the mode of construction, and accompanying the 

 same with the entire treatment of the vines from Mr. Russel's 

 pen. We have long promised our readers an article on the 

 growth of grapes in what are termed cold houses, that is, 

 houses without artificial heat, and we shall soon be able to 

 fulfil our engagements. This will be followed by one by our- 

 selves on the management of the vine in greenhouses, so that 

 with Mr. Johnson's article (Vol. VIII. p. 201,) the culture of the 

 grape in these three modes will be fully detailed in every par- 

 ticular. 



Mr. Gray's vines are producing about thirty bunches to 

 each, and one bunch on a spur; Mr. Riissel prunes on the dor- 

 mant eye system, viz., cutting the spur entirely back, and tak- 

 ing up a new spur from the buds at the base; he not only 

 succeeds in producing very large bunches, some of the com- 

 mon Muscadine weighing two pounds.^ but the vines have a 

 much neater appearance than on the usual plan of heading 

 back to one or two eyes. We siiall endeavour to illustrate 

 his article with the system of pruning. 



In the new house, Mr. Gray has a great number of new 

 varieties planted which were imported from England ; we 

 may soon hope, therefore, to see them all in fruit here, and at 

 other establishments, and some facilities afforded for clearing 

 up the confusion in regard to the nomenclature of some sorts. 



