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ripest bunches with tlie l;irfj;i:.-t berries lying on the 

 ground, and if tlie season were dry and warm, they 

 were free from dirt, and rAlicious (I thinlc I always 

 strongly accented the de), ami so I gradually travelled 

 in thought from l)uiiches of ;_'Taiich lying on the 

 ground to ii/'ia lying on elates. 



The idea was new, and I commenced at once to put 

 it into practice by building a " Curate's \'inery " on a 

 new plan. 



I therefore placed two rows of bricks endwise 

 (leaving four inches between each brick for ven- 

 tilation) on a nice level piece of sandy ground, 

 and then paved between them with large slates 

 (" duchesses "") placed crosswise. I am, however, 

 inclined to think that tiles may be preferable to 

 sltites ; alisorption of heat is greater and radiation 

 slower. On the bricks I placed two of the ridges 

 of glass, as given in the foregoing figure, each 

 7 feet long, and thus formed my vinery, li feet in 

 leiigtli. The vine lies in the centre of the vinery, and 

 is ]iegged down through the spaces between the slates. 

 ( )ne vini' will in the coui-se of two years fill a •N'inory 

 of this length ; but, to reap the fruits of my project 

 quickly, I planted two vines, one in the centre, the 

 other at tlie northeast end; for these structures 

 should stand ntirtheast and southwt'st. ( >nc of these 

 vines, which liad Keen growing in a i>ot in the open 

 air, was just beginning to show its fruit-buds — it was 

 (liiitc the la^t of .lime— it.s fruit ripened early in Oc- 

 loher, and were fully colored and good in spite of the 

 cloudy, cold iiutunin. My black llamburgli grapes in 

 my giound vineries were fully ripe in ISO'J by the 



