THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE. 



LTUBAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.^ 



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ASTERS, 20 



IT UGH LOW asd CO. have to offe 



exhibited to the Horti- 

 Sth of March a dish o] 

 these Vines obtained a 



path, made of materials to walk u 

 side of a Pine stove, grew the first 

 On the 16th of January of the present year a leaf 

 and IS inches the other, \ 

 cultural Society, and on t 

 ripe Grapes from a part 

 an Medal, 

 as all Mr. Wilmot's are, heavy bunches of Grapes 



Qg the purpose of grown. 



but they were well swelled, covered with bloom 



-11 coloured. 



\ f w& were planted, holes were made 



in the footpath with a pickaxe, and about a couple 



of quarts of soil in which Pine-apples had been 



added to each hole, the a 



Ed the purpose 

 of forming a bed in which the young rw A 



- -1 r the footpath being too rough and coarse 

 e footpath itself, in order t] 



upon that point, we have e 



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red brick earth. of which M,. Wilmot's market 

 . onsisted; with this is m 

 quantity of pounded clink. 





!, -MLLMER, Senior, begs respectfully to an- 

 ^ritrrnZiZr i.*? determined upon relinquishing the 



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nrettersr Cuftrmucfe* 



**>AY } MARCH 17, 1849. 



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!u* lSG cannot k, ,*? are interested about Vine 

 S^femenJlT? faUed to observe the remark- 

 7 made at the meetings of the 

 iL^en of mJ *il> c °ncerning certain Vines in 

 ^ lars ofth e ; p X IL ; MOT ' of Isleworth. For full 

 Jfi^Whn, tl Staterae nts we refer to our pre- 

 3 *■ 5*2? g ? Deral factS are these " In J nly 

 ■ r g«w planted in the footpath, at thi 

 ■in„ Plts i a number of young Black 

 ^CL^^^ them into the 

 ! s4d fY* bl S k out of the b ^k wall 

 ia - These Vines, planted in a foot- 



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posed becomes, when dry, as hard as the high road. 

 This is owing to the presence of a laivo nn.-mtitv ,,f 

 red b 



t'.-tl.h I 



holes where coke or coal i 



quantity of 1" 

 garden. Next 



whose leaves have been just described, the 

 within 4 feet, the trench of a Macphail pit 

 with l..ng litter, for heating a Pine bed. The 

 vie similar Vines are growing, is a 

 space lying between two Pine houses. In both cases 

 these borders or footpaths are, as has been alread 

 stated, on the north side of the wall of the Pin 

 house, and can receive no direct heat from the sun 



To what cause, then, may we assign this extraor 



dinary growth, so wholly unexpected by everybody 



It cannot be to the marvellous richness of soil, tha 



innot be to high 1 



dung, yet Mr. Wi 



k* I till long after the Vines 

 had made their first growth. 



But although a very high temperature of the soil 

 be taken as the cause, we are by no 



thing to do w ;, The Vines 



in July; and in gardens so much 



hothouses in all directions as Mr. \\ 

 heat of the soil may have been high 

 imagined, even although the sun could i 

 shine upon it. But there was anoth 

 operation. The Pine-houses in quest 

 rather be called pits ; for they are sunk from 2 to 

 3 feet below the level of the Boil : 

 constantly heated by hot water pipes. I 



sbyno 



\ ines with large 

 greatly enriched with the soakage from the Mac- 

 pits ; and although it becomes as 

 it is not, therefore, compact ; on the con- 

 effectually, and permit a ready passage to any hea't 



and by another the fruit, may be induced 

 experiment, satisfied myself that, of the 



are fit for the <Jt 



>me serve exclusively fo 

 f wood, and that others 



the flower bud (fruit or Grape) ; and 



intentionally limited to 



first year's growth ; that of a later period can 



ly be made the subject of speculation ; for it is 



jssible to say where the roots of the Vines in 



lion may im\v he. \\ 



pathway, near which no Vines could be found grow- 



'"'-• _ i" wh if oi v y (1 i lint - i _ .1.1 1 • - 



ghly curious and instructive ; and one on which 



e should much like to have 



■ growei 



hardly think that ! 

 peculiar elemei : 



me time, ought to be successive. By the applica- 

 on of these principles, the growth of the wood can 

 i stopped at pleasure, whilst, by the ordinary 

 ethods, the same effect can only be produced by 

 tihcial and empirical means. 

 " When it is wished that wood should be de- 

 veloped, the Vines must be placed in a trench and 

 with 3 or 4 inches of earth, with which 

 en mixed, for every square yard of the sur- 

 the trench, 8 lbs. of pulverised bone, 4 lbs. 

 of pieces of skin, leather, horns, tanners' refuse, ,Vc, 

 I i-wpsura. 

 ;• U'hen the wood is sufficiently formed, which 

 according to circumstances, 

 ■■ itfa salts oi potaah In 

 order that the fruit may be produced. l\,r this 

 - necessary to spread over the trench, at 



■ fVnin the huriod u 1. 



for every square va id <: surface. :~ iU. ,,) ;i mixture 



double phospl / 



is then to be filled up. and 



potash as they will wain U<i 



id lime. The trench 



long time. To pre- 

 jf the potash, it is as 



containing 2.5 per c 



restore annually a large proportion of 'the pofetji 



which may have disappeared from the trench. 



atmospln re. Thus, supp.-. 



parts of potash to be enabled to bear fi 



action of heat and rain on the st. n. - md . u:h in a 



state of deci 



vintage would 



ays have suitable food ; but it is not to be 

 forgotten that, although I pa 



low the above plan an »bu 



insure the .jnalitv ..f 

 always depend on the 



iferences which some sar 

 3 to the effect of this i 

 eed of further enquiry ; 





i immediately after planting he a; 



,t"n 



the u iv ot applying salt, and he no doubt regai 

 ?r information as superfluous. Ever since t 



-4.^ simil >r opinions have 





beyond what we have pointed out ; 



3 who wish to consider the matter, we add to not been attended by advantages sufficient to lead 

 present observe nslation growers to use it in 1848. 



paper lately read to the Academy of Sciences So far as the few experiments recorded in our 

 iwn columns indicate anything, they show tins- 

 pose for cultivating that in 1845 two cases were mentioned of little or 

 " cases of great loss ; in 1846 



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5 which 1 propos 



(he Vine, inasmuch as it enables us 



ppear to differ completely from the plans 

 :d in Vineyards. Such, 



! v.hi ;i 

 v ad..pt- 



verai „t 



pursued in different 

 immendations 



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icknowledge this j cation ; in tl 

 e to appeal, as a \ cultural Gard 



obtained by long I Potatoes in t 



In one respect, my plan differs from ' " 



readily, as it enables i 



intagein its appli- 

 .se of Mr. Thompson, in the Horti- 

 l in 1847, the per centageot diseased 

 » salted ground was 3.8(3, 6.44, 7.50; 



