148 Plan for a Vineyard. 



expense will consequently be small, compared with the number 

 of square feet covered with vines. 



Should a hill of a more rapid ascent be fixed on, it would 

 be necessary to dig the trench deeper and narrower ; by which 

 means two feet for a path might still be gained. If the elevation 

 were less than the one described, the only difference would be 

 additional width in the paths. In any case, the inclination of 

 the walls should be as above directed. 



A plantation of Scotch pine and larch on the east, west, 

 and north sides, at a due distance, would be useful as a pro- 

 tection from the winds, and ornamental as a finish to the 

 vineyard. 



As, in the first place, it was stated that deficiency of heat 

 and a superabundance of sap were the causes of grapes seldom 

 arriving at perfection in the open air in this country, and as 

 by this method the heat will be very materially increased, and 

 the sap duly regulated, so there can scarcely be a doubt but that 

 the result will be (except in very unpropitious seasons) well 

 ripened and good flavoured fruit. 



Grantham, December 6. 1826. F. N. B. 



We hope this scientific and interesting paper will induce 

 some gentleman who has a chalk hill on his estate to attempt 

 establishing a vineyard. We have no doubt of success, if the 

 plan of our correspondent be followed. In some situations it 

 might be worth while to form a vinery for growing table grapes 

 on the above plan, covering each separate slope with a separate 

 range of sashes, supported about 18 inches from the ground. 



To show the young gardener how easily and cheaply ex- 

 periments may be made, we subjoin F. N. B.'s mode of ascer- 

 taining a slope that shall be perpendicular to the sun's rays 

 on any particular day of the year. He says, 



" I cannot answer for the accuracy of the inclination for the 

 walls, as the only mode I made use of to ascertain the sun's 

 elevation was by means of three laths [Jig. 46. a b c), nailed 

 together as a triangle, 

 and, in order to obtain a 

 level, placed on a tub of 

 water {d e) ; and when one 

 stick (b), by pointing ex- 

 actly to the sun at noon, 

 cast no shadow, I took 

 the one it crossed, which 

 was at right angles with 

 it (c), to be the inclina- 



