24 Raising the Vine from Layers. 



and from that time to half-past nine, give plenty of fresh air, 

 by opening the front sashes and top lights, after which, and 

 during the remainder of the day, give plenty of air to the cu- 

 cumbers, by tilting the sashes in the usual way. 



In mild weather and during sunshine the lights may be 

 taken entirely off the cucumbers for some hours each day; 

 and, immediately after forming new linings, the top lights may 

 be left down a little all night, to permit the escape of any 

 rank steam. 



The advantage of this mode of growing cucumbers during 

 winter is the comparative certainty of an early and good crop, 

 at one third of the trouble and expense of the common me- 

 thod out of doors. The expense is lessened by no covering 

 up being required, and by all the labour attending renewal of 

 linings, &c. &c, admitting of being done in wet weather. 



By this practice fruit may be cut in January. The vines may 

 be introduced in the beginning of March, and will break 

 beautifully and regularly in consequence of the genial steam 

 of the dung. In April the shade of the vine leaves will have 

 rendered the house too dark for the culture of the cucumber ; 

 and, as by this time cucumbers are plentiful in the common hot- 

 beds out of doors, the bed in the house may be cleared out, and 

 the vines treated in the usual way till the following November. 



I am, Sir, &c. 

 Bristol, 24. Broad. Street, James Reed. 



January 11. 1827- 



Art. XII. On a superior Method of raising the Vine from 

 Layers. By Mr. W. Green. 



The following method of propagating grape vines in the 

 open air succeeds far better than any other: Make a layer or 

 layers in pots of the size No. 32, any time before June; for, 

 if they are laid ever so early in the spring, they will make no 

 roots before the middle of July. It is not necessary to ring, 

 pierce, twist, or tongue the shoots before they are laid, as 

 they will put forth abundance of roots without any operation 

 of this kind ; they only require to be well supplied with water. 

 Separate the layers from the stool in the last week in August ; 

 plant them immediately where they are intended to remain ; 

 keep them well supplied with water during the remainder 

 of the autumn, and they will make roots a yard t long before 

 the winter sets in. Shorten the young plants to one or two 



