IGO 



JOUENAL OF HOETICULTUBE AND COTTAGE GARDENEE. 



[ March 2, 1871. 



of having constant heat in the border when Grapes are hanging 

 late in the season, but the border, of course, must be dry and 

 the temperature of the house cool, the atmosphere being also 

 dry. 



I have two Lidy Downe's Vines in the second vinery, situ- 

 ated one at the end of the house where the fireplace of the first 

 vinery is underneath, and the other about the middle of the 

 house where no artificial heat reaches the border. The Grapes 

 were ripened last July, but those on the Viae which is situated 

 in the unhealed part of the border|have not kept nearly so well 



as the others, although the treatment was exactly the same in 

 both cases. The Grapes on the Vine above the fireplace look 

 as plump and as full of bloom as they did last August. 



The cause of the death of " Constant Eeadeu's " Vines may 

 be the lime contained in the dressing glueing up the buds, or 

 the dressing being too strong (for he does not say how much 

 water he used) ; or it may be starting the Vines so early with 

 the border unheated and the canes weak, the rising sap being 

 too weak to force the development of the buds. — W. Jones, 

 Bodlondet, Bangor. 



GROUND LEVELLING AND PRACTICAL GARDEN PLOTTING.— No. 1-3. 



DRAWING PLANS. 



To draw and transfer _/ijr. 36 to the ground, form the rectangle 

 A B c D, also the diameter lines e f and g h. Draw lines 1 2, 

 15 16, 17 18, and 39 40, which form the inside rectangle. On 

 the diameter line e r draw the two triangular beds. Draw lines 

 i k and vi n. On the diameter line o h draw the two squares 

 at equal distances from centre o ; draw the diagonal lines ab,cd 

 on one side, and ef, g h 



on the other side ; draw 



linoR r s, t ii, r ^|■. r y, 



and corre 'ponding lines 



on the other side. Be- 

 tween lines A D and e o 



draw lines 39 40, 37 38, 



&a. ; between lines a b 



and c D draw lines 1 2, 



3 i, &o. 



To transfer the figure 



to the ground, the dis- 

 tance between points 



A and B is 5.5 feet. In- 

 sert a stake at each 



point. From point B 



to point c is 84 feet ; 



insert a stake at point 



c. Line cd is equal to 



line a b ; insert a stake 



at point D. Line n a 



is equal to line b c ; 



lay a line from stake 



to stake. On each side 



of the stake at point a 



measure 5 feet (which 



is the width of the side 



walk), nnd insert pegs 



as at points 1 and 39. 



On each side of the 



stake at point b mea- 

 sure 5 feet, and insert 



pegs as at points 15 



and 40. On each side 



of the stake at point c 



measure 5 feet, and in- 

 sert pegs as at points 

 16 and 18. On each 



side of the stake at 



point D measure 5 feet, 



and insert pegs as at 



points 2 and 17. Lay 



lines from peg 1 to peg 



2, and from peg 15 to 



16, from 17 to 18, and 



from 39 to 40. V^^here 



the lines cross each 



other are the angles of 



the inside rectangle. 



Insert a stake at each 



point, as at points rw. 



On each side of the 



diameter line e f, on 



line 1 2, measure 5 feet, 



and insert a peg at each point, as at H ; from points 1 1 measure 



13 feet to line e f, and insert a peg as at point z. Find the 



corresponding triangle on line 15 16, icsert a peg at each point, 



and lay lines from peg to peg. From the pegs at points 1 1, on 



the side lines of the triangle, measure 7 feet 3 inches ; insert 



a peg at each point, as at points c g. Find the corresponding 



points ch on the corresponding5|triangle. From the peg at 



point r, on line r w, measure 3 feet, and insert a peg as at 

 point/. Liy a line from peg e to peg / as shown. From the 

 peg at point if, on line vi r, measure 3 feet, and insert a peg as 

 at point h. Lay a line from the peg at point g to the peg at 

 point h ; where these two lines cross each other is the centre 

 of the square ; insert a peg at that point. On each side 



of that peg, on lines 



S le /2 



Fig. 3G. Scale 16 feet to tlje inch . 



e f and g h. measure 

 6 feet ; insert a peg at 

 each point, as in the 

 email circles. Lay a 

 line from peg to peg, 

 and the square is lined. 

 On each side of the 

 diameter line e i" — 

 that is to say, from 

 the stakes at poiats 

 E F, measure 11 feet 

 6 inches, and insert 

 pegs as at points i n 

 and 711 k. Lay lines 

 connecting pegs i and 

 k, also pegs m and n. 

 On each side of the 

 diameter line e f mea- 

 sure 2 feet, and insert 

 pegs as at points 27, 

 28, 29, and 30, and lay 

 lines connecting them. 

 On each side of the 

 diagonal lines ef and 

 g h measure 2 feet, and 

 insert pegs as at points 

 r s, ( ». V w, and xy, 

 and lay lines connect- 

 ing them. Find the 

 corresponding points 

 on the other side, and 

 lay the corresponding 

 lines in the same man- 

 ner. From the stake 

 at point A, on line A d, 

 measure 10 feet, and 

 insert a peg as at point 

 37. From the stake at 

 point B measure the 

 same distance on line 

 E 0, and insert a peg as 

 at point 38. From the 

 stakes at points a and 

 B measure 22 feet, and 

 insert pegs as at points 

 85 and 36. From stakes 

 a and B measure 26 feet, 

 and insert pegs as at 

 points 33 and34. Again, 

 from stakes A and B 

 measure 32 feet, and 

 insert pegs as at points 

 31 and 32. Find the 

 corresponding points on the other side in the same manner. Lay 

 lines connecting pegs 37 38, 35 36, 33 34, 31 32, and also corre- 

 sponding lines on the other side. On each side of the diameter 

 line G H — that is, on each side of the stakes at points g h, 

 measure 2 feet, and insert pegs as at points 7 8 and 9 10. 

 Again, on each side of the stakes at points g n measure 8 feet, 

 and insert pegs as at points 3 4, 13 14. Lay connecting lines 



