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being blown down by high winds, till the new is 

 strong enough for that purpose : the remainder 

 may then be cut out. 



A number of instances pf the success attend- 

 ing my method of pruning and training might 

 be adduced ; but I shall notice only the fol- 

 lowing. 



Mr. Aberdeen, gardener to John Sullivan, Esq. 

 at Richings, near Windsor, has followed it for some 

 time with great success both in the house and on 

 the natural wall. 



Having heard for several years of the very fine 

 and large crops that were produced in the forcing- 

 houses belonging to John Julius Angerstein, Esq* 

 at Woodland-house, on Blackheath, I was induced 

 to take a journey thither, in company with John 

 W^edgwood, Esq. to see what method was pursued 

 to obtain such crops. On enquiry, JNIr. Stuart, the 

 gardener, candidly told me, that several years ago 

 he had been at Kensington Gardens, where he saw 

 my method of pruning and training, and was con- 

 vinced of its advantages above the old, and had 

 adopted it with great success. Indeed, there were, 

 at the time I was there, the finest and largest crops 

 of Grapes that I had ever seen in any forcing- 

 houses. Two houses, in particular, were covered 

 from top to bottom with fine Grapes, and the Vines 

 trained in the serpentine manner. 



John Wedgwood, Esq. of Cote House, near 

 Bristol, a gentleman who is much attached to gar- 



