222 Cold Grapery. 



REVIEWS. 



Art. I. The Cold Grapery, from direct American practice, 

 being a concise and detailed Treatise on the Cultivation 

 of the Exotic Grape Vine, under glass, without artificial 

 heat. By William Chorlton, gardener to J. C. Green, 

 Esq., Staten Island, N. Y. 1 vol. 12mo., pp. 95 : New 

 York, 1853. 



This is a small and practical treatise on the culture 

 of the vine in cold graperies, the result of some years of 

 successful practice by the author, at Staten Island. It is, 

 he observes in his preface, "the penning down of a few 

 evenings at home, of the scattered and integral portions of 

 his own system ; " and he has been " induced to collect into 

 one focus, what practical experience he possesses, hoping 

 that what is recommended, may be of use in assisting the 

 amateurs and inexperienced, and of proving that the exotic 

 grape vine can be successfully grown to perfection, without 

 the aid of artificial heat." 



The work is divided into nine chapters, beginning with 

 several remarks upon the cost of houses, the skill necessary 

 to reap success, &c. Successively the whole routine of man- 

 agement is given, such as making borders, planting, prun- 

 ing, training, &,c. 



The work is a concise statement of the author's expe- 

 rience, without the least reference to what this cultivator 

 or that cultivator has done ; and to a young amateur it will 

 answer a better purpose than a more detailed work, which 

 may quote the opinions of every author, and yet so puzzle 

 him that, though it may be said, " in a multitude of council 

 there is wisdom," he is still unable to use his own judgment 

 in such a multiplicity of advice, and in partially following 

 everybody's dii-ections, he stumbles just upon that track 

 which is sure to lead him astray. Mr. Chorlton's ideas upon 

 the formation of borders, are sound, and may be safely fol- 



