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in their places, ready to follow their natural habit of emitting roots in autumn 

 for the acquisition of energies to flower freely and finely in the following 

 spring. There is trouble in this mode, and so, unluckily, there is in every 

 other ; and by myself the " once for all " mode is preferred, as absolving one 

 from the after-care of " I must get in my bulbs " on this, that, and the other 

 day (as unexpected occupation may cause you to defer the day), and the 

 annoyance of seeing them lie sprouting and shooting, and tacitly chiding you 

 for inconsiderately disabling them from flowering so as " to charm all human 

 eyes" in the spring succeeding. — J. D. 



Art. X. On the Management of the Vinery. 

 By A Young Gardener. 



In order to prevent the fruit from suffering from the effects 

 of damp (an evil so often complained of in vineries), the young 

 wood should always be kept thin, by taking the tops from the 

 shoots, three or four joints above the fruit; and not allowing 

 them to ramble through the house, shading the fruit from the 

 sun, and preventing the free circulation of air among the bunches 

 and berries. For the same reason, the lateral shoots, which 

 push from the young wood, should be cut or pinched off at the 

 first or second joint, so as not to endanger the bursting of the 

 bud on the main shoot. 



It is well known, that every place from which the sun and air 

 are partially excluded is sure to be damp : the walls of a house, 

 for instance, which are covered with ivy, if it is not in a very 

 dry situation, will be found wet and uncomfortable in the inside.* 

 When this is considered, it will appear evident, that, upon the 

 same principle, the vinery in which the wood is not properly 

 thinned must suffer in the same manner, though in a less degree. 

 Particular attention should be given to the thinning of the fruit ; 

 taking out most berries in the heart of the bunch ; leaving those 

 towards the extremities ; and making the whole very thin. 

 Those kinds of grapes the bunches of which are of a branchy 

 nature, such as the black Hamburgh, the Syrian or white Nice, 

 &c, should always be stretched out a little, and tied up with a 



* Ivy, when not fully grown, may be liable to the objections of our corre- 

 spondent ; but when it has grown a sufficient time to clothe the face of a wall 

 with its foliage, no covering whatever can more completely protect it from 

 moisture. Our correspondent's objections apply with their full force to deci- 

 duous plants of every kind trained against the walls of houses; and both 

 deciduous plants and evergreens afford protection and breeding-places for many 

 kinds of insects, slugs, &c. We have known snails and earwigs infest bedrooms 

 two and three stories from the ground, in houses, the walls of which were 

 covered externally with ivy. For this reason, we would never have any de- 

 scription of plant, either deciduous or evergreen, trained on a cottage close to 

 the windows. On walls wholly without windows, or architectural ornaments 

 of any kind, ivy will form a valuable protection from rain, and also a non- 

 conductor of heat, either from without or within. — Cond. 



