General management of Prize Pelargoniums. 373 



duced almost throughout the year, by having ready a 

 sufficient number of estabhshed vines, and introducing 

 them into the house in succession. For this purpose it 

 would be necessary to have different sets of vines, so that 

 those which are started at any particular season of the 

 year should be brought in at the same time the next year; 

 which may be readily done by numbering the pots, and 

 keeping an account of those numbers introduced at any 

 particular season. In most vineries there seems to be much 

 waste room on the floor of the house, which might be occu- 

 pied to advantage with vines in pots, at the same time with 

 those on the rafters, by arranging them on low stages, 

 which would produce a beautiful eftect Avhen loaded with 

 their rich clusters of fruit. Any new varieties may be 

 speedily tested in pots, and should any prove of inferior 

 value, the room they occupy can be readily filled by keep- 

 ing a few extra pots of well known good varieties. Par- 

 ticular care must be taken not to overload the vines with 

 fruit by leaving on too many. We found that where over 

 six or eight bunches of the large sorts, such as the Ham- 

 burgh, were permitted to grow on a vine, they were of 

 inferior flavor and badly colored. The Sweetwater, Mus- 

 cadine, and such smaller varieties, may be allowed to ripen 

 ten or twelve bunches. During their growth, liquid manure 

 should be frequently supplied, and, towards the period of 

 ripening, watering should be gradually diminished, until 

 only enough is given to prevent the leaves from drooping. 

 The grapes will then acquire a flavor and sweetness which 

 we have rarely found in fruit grown on vines planted in 

 the borders of graperies. 



Art, IV. On the pruning and general m.anagement of 

 Prize Pelargoniums the second year from the cuttings. 

 By James W. Russell. 



Supposing the plant to have received the attention and 

 treatment recommended in my former article, (page 328,) 

 it may be grown the second year to an enormous size. 



About the second week in June, cut down the plant to 

 three or four eyes, and shift it into a pot two sizes larger 



