58 THE CULTURE OF THE GEAFE. 



ing, and occasionally till the grapes begin to color." 

 1846, p. 680. 



" Soil for the vine 'border. — Good turfy loam and dung, 

 with some peat, two and a half feet deep. It will be 

 better for the vine if no other plants are allowed to root 

 in the border." 1846, p. 696. 



" Cakiareous soil suits vines better than silicious." 



1846, p. 712. 



" Turfy maiden loam, made into a compost with bones 

 and plenty of cow dang, will make a good border ; but 

 the situation being very dry, you must take care to mulch 

 and water well in summer." 1847, p. 72. 



" X, Y, Z, (Hants,) says : To apply a manure to a vine, 

 it is necessary to dig a small trench around the roots of 

 this plant, (which is best done in the autumn, after the 

 fruit is gathered,) then to apply a bucket of ox;blood, and 

 pile up the earth over this and around the stem of the 

 plant." 



" J. B., (Lynn,) says : I have collected in barrels the 

 whole quantity of slops from the house, consisting of 

 chamber lye, soap suds, &c., and, when the mixture be- 

 gins to emit an offensive odor, I have saturated the bor- 

 der with it." 



" J. L. Snow says : Ton may, with safety, use the 

 above liquid, especially if the border be well drained." 



1847, p. 509. 



" In a communication which was read at the Horticul- 

 tural Society's meeting, it was mentioned that Mr. Ayre's 

 border was made wholly above the surface, and formed 

 first of a layer of concrete three inches thick, on a slop- 

 ing bottom, with a line of drain pipes opposite each raf- 



