THE CULTUEE OF THE GRAPE. 65 



two of Old vegetable soil or decayed linings substituted 

 in its room." 1847, p. 71. 



Vine Borders. — By James Duncan, Basing Park, Al- 

 ton. " I am now forming a border for the growth of this 

 plant. I employ a two-horse cartload ot dead lime rub- 

 bish, with which some brickbats are mixed, and a sack 

 of half inch bones, (for each vine,) well incorporated with 

 a loam of vei-y thin turf, taken from an old common ; 

 the whole is covered over with six inches of road scrap- 

 ings, with which some charcoal will be mixed when tho 

 vines are planted. The border, when finished, will bis 

 about two and a half feet in depth, and sixteen feet in 

 width, resting on a substratum of flint stones, sloping; 

 from the house, and two feet in thickness, so as to afforil 

 effectual drainage ; and this I consider a most essential 

 point in the formation of vine borders." 1847, p. 205. 



, Vine Borders. — By Eobert Greenfield, gardener, 

 Tynemouth House, Northumberland. "The bottom of 

 the border is chalk ; on this is laid one foot of rubble 

 stones, and, upon this, the compost of rotten turf from a 

 common which has lain undisturbed for fifty years." 

 1847, p: 358. 



" All vine borders, whether early or late, should be in- 

 stantly covered a foot deep, if possible, with rotting ma- 

 nures ; this will intercept the departure of the remaining 

 ground heat, and will contribute much to tho fertility of 

 the vines in the ensuing year. Yines tor ecilj fi^rcing, 

 with outside roots, will soon be benefittd, by ? rlight 

 amount of fermentation in the border covtriuj'.' k\X~ 

 20th, 1847, p. 720. 



