Supporting the Vine. lyi 



forests of the Ohio valley, he formed some warm attachments 

 for his botanical associates in this city, and, before his death, 

 he presented this medal to the Cincinnati Horticultural So- 

 ciety, by whom it is preserved, as a high testimonial of their 

 esteem of the distinguished donor.] 



M. Collignon d' Ancy, of Metz, seems, to us, to 

 have completely solved this question. Here is a de- 

 scription of the plan he recommends : 



1st. At each extremity of the row of plants, a strong 

 wooden post is placed [A, Fig. 71], four feet eight 

 inches in length, and two inches square ; this is in- 

 clined outwardly, at an angle of forty-five degrees. Two 

 holes are bored through these supports — one at ten and 

 a half inches, and another at twenty-six and a half 

 inches above the ground. 



[Fig. 71.] — System of Wire Supports. . 

 2d. At each extremity of the lines, and at thirty-two 

 inches from the above mentioned supports, a hole is 

 dug, twelve inches wide and sixteen inches in depth ; in 

 this hole a block of stone is placed, about ten inches 

 cube, surrounded by galvanized wire, doubled [E]. To 

 this collar a galvanized connecting rod is fastened, one- 

 half of the length of which should be under ground. 

 The holes are then filled up, and the earth well beaten 

 down. 



