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VINES AND VINE-CQLTURE : 



Being a Treatise on the Cultivation of the Grape Vine, with Descriptions of the 



Principal Varieties. 

 By AKCHIBALD F. BARBON, 



Superintendent of the Royal Horticultural Society's Gardens at Chiswick and South Kensington ; 

 Secretary of the Fruit Committee ; Honorary Member of the Cercle d' Arboriculture de Belgique, etc. 



Chapter 



O O UST T IE IsT T S. 



I. Historical Sketch. 

 II. Propagation of the Vine. 

 III. Hybridising: and Raising Vines from 



Seed. 

 IV. Vine Borders : their Formation . Soil, 



&c. 



V. Structure* for Grape Growing. 

 VI. Heating of Vineries. 

 VII. Planting of Vines : when and how 



to do it. 



VIII The General Management of Vineries. 

 IX. Pruning and Training the Vine. 

 X. Disbudding and Stopping the Shoots. 

 XI.-The Setting of the Fruit 

 XII. The Thinning of the Fruit. 

 XIII.- -The Keeping of the Fruit. 



Plates I. XXX Illustrations of the best kinds of Grapes. 



Chapter XIV. The Packing of Grapes. 



XV. The Pot Culture of Vines. 

 , XVI.- Fruiting Vines in Pots. 

 XVII. Pot Vines as Decorative Table Plants. 

 XVIII. Ground Vineries. 

 XIX. The Great Grape Conservatory at 



Chiswick. 



XX. Vines on Open Walls. 

 XXI. Diseases and other Injuries. 

 XXII. Noxious Insects. 

 XXIII. Selections of Grapes for Special 



XXIV.-The U Classiflcation of Grape Vines. 

 XXV. The Varieties of European G rapes. 

 ', XXVI. The Varieties of American Grapes. 



Opinions of the Horticultural Press. 



The JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE says:-" It is the most complete, and it will be accepted as the 



standard work on the Vine." 



The GARCENERS' CHRONICLE says:-" It is eminently practical and useful." 

 The GARDE N says : " It is undoubtedly the most exhaustive volume upon Vines and Vine Culture ever 



published." 

 The GARDENERS' MAGAZI N E says :" It will certainly take, and probably keep, a leading place in 



the class of literature to which it belongs." 

 The FLORIST AND POMOLOGIbT says: "There is nowhere to be found in our.language so 



complete and thorough a descriptive list of the best varieties of Grapes." 



Opinions of Horticulturists. 



DR ( H OGG says : " It is the best monograph on the subject in our language." 



MR. E. W. BADGER says: No intelligent person can read this book without understanding all 



that a book can tell about Vines and Grape-growing." 

 MR. W. THOMSON writes: "Your book on the Vine I consider the most exhaustive on the subject 



that has yet been published." 

 MR. M. DUNN says :-' The practical instructions are plain, concise, and in accordance with the best 



practice and opinions of the day." 

 MR. E. PYNAERT VAN GE.ERT writes :" The more I read your excellent book the more I am 



pleased with it." 

 MR. F. BURVENICH says: "The more I read over and again your publication on Vines and Vine 



Culture, the more I feel interested with it." 

 MR. T. F. RIVERS says:-" It supplies a need which has been long felt, and is a thorough practical 



guide, not only to the amateur, but to the professional Grape-grower." 



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