CHAPTER XVIL 



ADDITIONAL REMAKKS OK PLANTING. 



Additional Remarks on Planting. The di- 

 rections already given are intended for general 

 application, and will meet the requirements of 

 all ordinary cases; but there are here and 

 there peculiarities and extremes which are best 

 treated by themselves ; for we could not, in 

 planting a single vine, stop to explain excep- 

 tions to the general rule, without greatly en- 

 dangering the clearness of the subject. There 

 are certain conditions of soil which call for 

 exceptional treatment in regard to the depth at 

 which the roots of the vine should be placed. 

 A very heavy clay, under certain circumstances, 

 may require the roots to be quite near the sur- 

 face, while a gravelly, stony, shaly, or other 

 light or very porous soil, may require them to 

 be below the usual depth. 



There are two quite common and fatal mis- 



