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atmosphere." In pruning, as little wood is left to be employed 

 as possible ; no joint is without a bunch, and, at the joint 

 above the bunch, the shoot is stopped. " When the crop is 

 over, and the wood perfectly ripe, the branches should be 

 laid near the ground, and shaded till the recommencement of 

 the forcing. By this practice, they will be found to have 

 accumulated excitability. The shade will have some affinity 

 to the gloom of winter, which never fails to give vegetation 

 increased energy. I remember once to have placed some 

 vines in pots in the lobby of an ice-house ; these being re- 

 placed in the stove broke their eyes in September, and had 

 ripe fruit very early in the spring following, though they were 

 but slowly forced. . . . Plants that have been forced early will 

 always have an inclination to bud at the accustomed time, 

 whilst it is difficult to move those which have never been 

 habituated to forward excitement ; but the habit once induced 

 will continue, and will enable the cultivator to procure fruit at 

 any time." 



The late vinery at Worksop Manor is narrower, and has 

 a steeper roof than the other. {Jig. 20.) Its flues are on arches, 



as in the early vinery, and the vines are planted within the 

 house («), and trained on a trellis near the glass. The house 

 is shut up about the middle or end of May, as soon as the 

 bunches make their appearance, and till they are out of blos- 

 som the air is kept very warm. " This is of more importance 



