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vine planted at the stake. System and order 

 have now made their appearance in the vine- 

 yard; let us hope, to abide there; for it is 

 a good place for them. In the engraving, the 

 end of the fruit cane has been " layered " to 

 make a new vine ; a practice hurtful to the 

 bearing vine, and not to be commended in 

 ordinary circumstances. Yet another step for- 

 ward, and we have the plan of Dr. Guyot, pro- 

 perly so called, into which he has introduced 

 the greatest degree of precision of which the 

 case seems to be susceptible, in so training the 

 vines on a wire trellis as to employ a system 



