0?i Whiter pruning the Vine. 4-13 



they should be placed on shelves, in a dry situation, till the 

 time of planting. 



If beauty, variety, and fragrance be any recommendation to 

 a flower, the hyacinth is rarely surpassed, consequently its ap- 

 pearance in the flower border cannot be too frequent. Let 

 every lover of the profession give the above plan a fair trial, 

 and let us stimulate one another to fresh exertions in the cul- 

 ture of this ornamental and truly deserving flower. 



I am, Sir, yours, &c, 



Alexander Campbell. 

 Comte de Vandes 1 Garden, Baysrvater, 

 April 13. 1827. 



We can bear testimony to the excellence of Mr. Campbell's 

 plan of culture, having frequently seen his bed in every stage 

 of its progress for several years past. (See Vol. I. p. 349.) 

 What greatly enhances the value of his practice is, that all 

 the bulbs the first year were flowered in water in London. 

 Every gardener knows that bulbs which have been so treated 

 are much more difficult to preserve in a vigorous state, than 

 such as have been flowered in earth. — Cond. 



Art. XIII. Note on Winter pruning the Vine. 

 By Mr. Main. 



In the culture of the vine it is sometimes necessary to lay 

 in shoots of great length, as is the general practice in pine 

 stoves, or to fill the trellis in common vineries. In such cases 

 much care is required that a regular and sufficient number of 

 the fruit buds should break from top to bottom, and prevent 

 the lower part of such shoots from being quite naked and barren. 

 To avoid this let the pruner, after cutting the shoot to the 

 required length, and finding, from the firm texture of the wood, 

 that it is sufficiently ripened, proceed to thin the buds as 

 follows ; viz. leave the uppermost bud, which may be called 1, 

 cut out 2 and 3, leave 4, and cut out 5 and 6, leaving 7, and 

 displacing 8 and 9, and so on to the bottom of the shoot. 



This thinning of the eyes will cause all those which are left 

 to break regularly, and so alternating with each other, that the 

 disposition, whether for the sake of superior fruit or facili- 

 tating the future management of the tree, will be found exactly 

 what the manager w T ould wish ; he taking care to stop all the 

 young shoots in their progress, immediately beyond the fruit, 

 except the lowest, which must be trained to its full length for 

 similar management the following year. J. M. 



