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and who find enjoyment in observing and co- 

 working with nature in her most interesting 

 operations. Such will find the interest and de- 

 light constantly increasing with increase of 

 knowledge and experience, and those who desire 

 it may reap a handsome pecuniary reward for 

 their leisure hours." 



Single Eyes in the Open Air. It is some- 

 times asked whether the vine can not be propa- 

 gated from single eyes in the open air ; and the 

 fact that the French have within a few years 

 succeeded in doing so, seems to have given some 

 interest to the question. About fifteen years 

 ago we tried the experiment in a very thorough 

 manner. A bed four by ten was prepared, and 

 eyes from about a dozen different kinds of the 

 native grape were put in, but the result was far 

 from satisfactory. The experiment was repeated 

 several times more carefully, and recourse had to 

 watering, mulching, partial shading, etc., with 

 much more gratifying results. Some kinds 

 rooted much better than others. The constant 

 care and labor necessary to success were ten-fold 

 greater than are demanded in growing eyes un- 

 der glass, and the results so greatly inferior, that 

 we have not repeated the experiment since. 

 An enterprising nurseryman, however, at our 



