356 Txioo Crops from the same Vines in One Year. 



be seen that is not decorated with flowering bulbs from January 

 till May ; and the hyacinths grown in the open ground are cut, 

 and sold at so much per basket to the retailers, for making gar- 

 lands, &c. There is, however, a great want of a regular vege- 

 table market ; flowers, fruits, and vegetables being, in general, 

 exhibited for sale in the streets or open squares : a thing very 

 incommodious. — Royal Botanic Garden^ Berlin, May ^. 1836. 



Art. VI. On a Mode of producing Two Crops oj" Grapes from the 

 same Vines in One Year. By Mr. James Waldron, Gardener to 

 the Archbishop of Armagh. 



I NOW send you the short sketch I promised you of my mode 

 of treating the vines that were under my care at Elmgrove, 

 Roehampton, and which produced two crops in the year. I 

 shall not attempt to give a detailed account of the management 

 of all the houses there, but I shall confine myself to two pits, 

 each 52 ft. long. When I went to Elmgrove on the 15th of 

 April 1833, I found that my predecessor had been forcing the 

 vines in those pits since Nov. 1832; and that the grapes in both 

 pits did not exceed 5 lb. In Nov. 1833, I began to force the 

 west pit ; and by the end of March, 1834-, I had a pretty good 

 crop of grapes, according to the strength of the vines, fit to 

 cut ; and by the end of April all the grapes were gathered. 

 The other pit then succeeded. I immediately threw open the 

 west pit, after pruning the vines, and filled the border with 

 night soil. About June, the buds began to push, and they ap- 

 peared very strong. 1 then shut up the pit, and gave very little 

 air, and plenty of water, but no fire; and on Dec. 1834, I had 

 a fine crop of grapes, fit to cut, and well coloured; besides my 

 vines having made good wood, and the other pit coming in, as 

 before, in succession. In the autumn of 1835, I had another 

 still larger crop of finer fruit, with better wood ; and the other 

 pit in succession ; and, if m}' employer had not been so very 

 much alarmed at the expense of about 1 2/. for coals, I should 

 have had another crop fit to cut this last February, which would 

 have been four crops in one year and eleven months; and the 

 vines as strong again as they were when I first had the care of 

 them, and producing double the quantity of fruit. 

 Palace Gardens, Armagh, April 11. 1836. 



Art. VII. On a neiv and ecoriomical Method of preserving Endive 

 through the Winter. By Mr. James Cuthill, Gardener to Capt. 

 Trotter, Dyrham Park. 



As the season for endive is fast advancing, I send you the fol- 

 lowing account of a mode of preserving that plant, which I tried 



