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long; place them at equal distances round the stem all lean- 

 ing outwards, and fixed to a hoop at top, forming a trellis, 

 like an inverted cone. {Jig. 94'.) On this, train the shoot or 

 shoots ; ascending spirally at the distance of eight or ten 

 inches from each other ; continuing the volutions as far as 

 the shoots will extend. When the vine is thus trained, 

 examine the position of the buds, and cut off all those which 

 would shoot inwards : this will prevent the tree from be- 

 coming crowded ; and those only on the outside being suf- 

 fered to shoot, and stopped immediately beyond the fruit, 

 will have freedom for their leaves and bunches, without rest- 

 ing- on the frame or on each other. 



This is the most convenient form for training vines in 

 pots : it allows the natural, and therefore the necessary length 

 of shoot, and is the position of all others the most conducive 

 to fruitfulness. 



I am, Sir, yours, &c. 

 March, 1828. Viticola. 



On the requisite pots, soil, and watering, and the kinds of 

 grape fittest for pot-culture, instructions, by Mr. Housman, 

 are given in Vol. IV. p. 249. — J. D. 



Art. XL On the Cultivation of the Melon. By Mr. J. Holland, 

 Gardener to Mrs. Tunno, Taplow Lodge, near Maidenhead. 



Sir, 



Agreeably to your wishes, I now send you a correct ac- 

 count of the two melons grown in the garden of Mrs. Tunno, 

 Taplow Lodge, near Maidenhead, and also my mode of cul 

 tivating the above-named fruit. 



My seedling plants are potted off singly in 60-sized pots, 

 and, when sufficiently advanced in growth, are stopped so 

 short to the seed leaves, as not to throw out more than two 

 vines to each plant; and, when these principal leaders 

 extend to two or three joints, they are finally planted out 

 into frames or pits, with the bottom heat arranged according 

 to the advanced state of the spring months. 



The plant which produced the two melons above men- 

 tioned was planted in the centre of a 2-light frame, in the 

 beginning of May, upon an old bed that had been previously 

 employed for raising radishes. A dung lining was added 

 to the back and one end of the frame, which was all the arti- 

 ficial heat the plant received. One vine was trained to the 



