420 Cultivation of the Grape in a Greenhouse. 



\ridece. 



142. 7 V RIS 



tricolor Hqrt. two-coloured J tf A or 1 my Y.P O co Paxt. mag. of bot. vol ix. 



A very beautiful plant, the flowers of which, however, last only a day. 

 (Paxt. Mag. of Gard., March.) 



HYDROTVE'NIA Lindl. Water-band. (Hudor, water, and tainia, a band ; mark on petals.) 



meldagris Lindl. spotted lJ i_AJ or 1 my Va Mexico 1838. O s.p Bot. reg 1842, 39. 



A very curious plant, which looks like " the flower of a Fritillaria on the 

 stem of a Tigridia." (Bot. Reg., July,) 



Ama?yUidese. 

 975. HABRA'NTHUS [and Paxt. mag. of bot. vol. ix. 



pratensis Herb, meadow tf ES or 1 my S.Y South Chili 1840. O 1 Bot. reg. 1842, 35 ; 



A very handsome stove species of Habranthus, with rich scarlet flowers. 

 (Bot. Beg., June; Paxt. Mag. of Bot., July.) 



\Aliacece. 

 1053. ORNITHO'GALUM [28. 



divaricStum Lindl. spreading tf A pr 2 jl.au W California 1841. O co Bot. reg. 1842, 



A very elegant species, with long drooping panicles of white flowers. (Bot. 

 Reg., May.) 



Art. XII. On cultivating the Grape in a Greenhouse. By S. O. 



I was highly pleased with the article on the vine by N. M. T., 

 in the April Number^ of the Gardener's Magazine : the first 

 paragraph, in particular, contains truths which cannot be dis- 

 puted. I think, if gardeners would give the details of their 

 practice in forcing, and the results, whether satisfactory or not, 

 instead of writing long articles on what they please to call the 

 best methods, and what ought to be done to produce good 

 crops of fruit, their communications would be of much greater 

 value. As I have met with extraordinary success in cultivating 

 the grape, in a greenhouse which is devoted to plants, during the 

 winter, for nearly twenty years, the details of my practice may 

 not be unacceptable to some of your readers. 



This being my first communication to any of the gardening 

 periodicals, after having followed my profession upwards of two 

 score years, will, I hope, screen me from the imputation of 

 writing for other purposes than for the information of a large 

 class of gardeners. 



Twenty years ago I arrived at my present situation ; I found 

 the vines in a very weak state, and with only a few grapes near 

 the top of the house. The soil in which they were growing was 

 black and of a very friable texture. The border next the house 

 was 5 ft. wide, then came a gravel walk 6 ft. wide, and on the 

 other side was the lawn. By the weakness of the vines, I 

 fancied they wanted renovating at the root. On examination the 

 following spring, I found some of the roots dead, but others had 

 passed through the walk ; I therefore opened a trench on the 

 grass, the length of the house, 2 ft. deep and 10 ft. wide, 

 which I filled up with equal parts of fresh loam and old mortar 



