London 'Nurseries. 739 



oval {fig. 175.), dark, but not of the deepest black, very thin skinned, and 

 each berry has only one seed. The size of the bunches 

 is from fib. to l^lb. The plant grows freely in a pro- 

 per grape soil, and it will ripen against a south wall. 

 I have been a grape-grower more than forty years, 

 and have ISO sorts in my possession, most of which I 

 fruit, and all of which I propagate ; but I know of 

 none, except the Muscat, so valuable as West's Black 

 St. Peter." 



Till the nomenclature of grapes is settled by com" 

 petent authority, we propose to distinguish this variet3' 

 of St. Peter from the two mentioned by Mr. Oldaker, 

 by the name of Money's West's Black St. Peter. 

 Mr. Oldaker's favourite grape may be called Oldaker's 

 West's St. Peter. 



Mr. Money has raised an Early Black and an Early White Muscat, both 

 from seeds, which, if we do not deceive ourselves, will be real treasures to 

 gardening, as they are likely to ripen in ordinary years against an open wall. 

 We tasted some berries taken from the bunches of both, which, even in this 

 singularly unfavourable season, were soft and very highly flavoured, though 

 two other varieties of Muscat, on the same wall, were not even fully grown. 

 A black Muscat, with a flavour equal to the white one, has hitherto, we 

 believe, been a desideratum in horticulture ; but a hardy Muscat is what few 

 gardeners ventured to hope for. Mr. Money has an excellent variety of the 

 Golden Muscat; and we never saw or tasted finer berries of the Black Tri- 

 poli, or saw leaves of a deeper colour than those of the Claret Grape in the 

 open air. These leaves are worth growing as ornaments for the dessert ; they 

 are of the deepest purple red, and as thick as cartridge paper. There are 

 here many sorts of grapes trained under the span roofs of the green-houses, 

 in order to prove the sorts ; and as Mr. Money scarcely propagates any 

 other fruits, growing principally green-house plants and flowers, we believe 

 he is remarkably correct in his names. Three vine plants were transplanted 

 at from 12 to 14 years; the roots were 10 ft. long, the thick main stem still 

 longer; the younger wood was headed close in, and the new shoots bore a 

 crop the second year. It is commonly said that old vines will not trans- 

 plant so as to give any advantage over young ones ; but this, and various 

 other instances that have lately come under our observation, convince us, 

 that, provided abundance of roots is taken up with the plants, time is 

 gained. 



It is a nice point in the management of wall trees to know to what ex- 

 tent leaves may be taken off for the purpose of colouring the fruit and 

 ripening the wood. The rationale of Mr. Money's practice is as follows : — 

 When there is abundance of heat, and a sufficient portion of the season to 

 elapse for every desirable purpose as to the fruit of the present year, and 

 wood of the year following, it is of little consequence whether any leaves 

 be taken off or not; but when the weather is cold, and the season far ad- 

 vanced, by thinning out leaves, the motion of the sap is checked, and a sort 

 of withering or artificial ripening is produced both in the fruit and wood. 

 The fruit, however, under this management, will neither attain so large a 

 size, nor so high a flavour ; nor will the buds for the following season be so 

 plump, or the wood quite so large ; but the wood will be sufficiently dry 

 and firm to resist the frost, and the buds will grow, perhaps, about as well 

 as seeds or bulbs gathered or taken up before they are ripe. 



Apple trees canker here when they get down into the subsoil, which, 

 as in other nurseries and gardens where the surface is dug, they are certain 

 of doing; to prevent this, Mr. Money has moved a collection of 100 sorts 

 twice, and below each plant has placed a pavement, or impervious layer of 



3 B 2 



