204 THE GRAPE. 
FORCING HUUSE. 
The directions for last month, and a reference w page 
84, will apply for this month. 
RETARDING HOUSE. 
In the Retardmg House, where tne grapes are oily 
ripe, maintain a dry but cool atmosphere, and keep vut 
frost by slow fires. Let the thermometer range from 
45° to 50° at night, and 52° to 60° with sunshine 
ent year may be plunged to the rims in a box frame, — 
Fill in over the heads with leaves or straw, and place 
shutter or glass sashes on the top. They may also be 
preserved inside a Cold Grapery, or shed. The hardy 
kinds, too, that have not ripened well, and are intended 
for replanting next spring, will be benefited by lifting 
and heeling-in close together in a trench, covering the 
tops with earth, or a thick layer of evergreen boughs 
rs becomes saturated with the winer’s 
rains, and is worse than useless, 
