200 EARLY GRAPES IN THE PINERY. 



cious remedy, as the quicksilver will have no 

 effect upon the plants, although so powerful in 

 its effect upon everything breathing or possess- 

 ing animation. I should not speak so confi- 

 dently on this point, had I not have become 

 convinced from experiments of my own on the 

 vegetable tribe. 



EARLY GRAPES IN THE PINERY. 



Par. 22. Grapes may be cultivated and 

 brought to maturity in the pinery, in a very 

 superior manner, particularly some of the mo&t 

 esteemed sorts, which will not ripen in this cli- 

 mate without continual artificial heat ; moreover, 

 it is generally admitted, and indeed recom- 

 mended by our best practical gardeners, that 

 the shade produced from the leaves of the vine, 

 are of essential service to the pines in summer, 

 through their producing a salutary shade from 

 the extreme heat of the sun ; and although the 

 pinery, from the heat which it is necessary to 

 maintain for the general culture of the pine, is 

 of that nature to be repugnant to the growth of 

 most tree fruits, yet it will bring to maturity in 



