74 CULTURE OF THE GRAPE. 



burning ; and also continued waterings, should they seem 

 to be necessary. Each vine should receive a small stake ; 

 for which purpose I have found the annual cuttings of 

 a buckthorn hedge, pruned in March, are admirably 

 adapted. Under favorable circumstances, the plants will 

 make from three to six feet of growth. The cost of pro- 

 ducing vines is less in this way than in any other, as it 

 requires no glass, and there is no transplanting, and but 

 little space is required. For older and free-growing 

 kinds, where there is a full supply of wood, it is un- 

 doubtedly an advantageous method; but it is by no 

 means as certain as the method by artificial heat, and the 

 vines are seldom as well rooted at the end of the season. 

 The roots of single eyes being also developed near the 

 surface, they are decidedly preferable for planting. 



Other modes of planting have been suggested, such, 



Sf 3 ^ f r example, as is seen 

 in fig. 16, with the 

 Fi 16 intent to keep the 



scion entirely buried, and so fresh and moist as to make 

 the process of rooting more certain ; but it is doubtful if 

 the theoretical advantage is realized, and there are objec- 

 tions which outweigh any supposed gain. 



