lOi THE CULTURE OF THE GRAPi;. 



to the BOOTS BEING ovEEHEATED and not having sufficient 

 ixioisture, when planted in the inside border." 



Vol. 13, page 261. Mr. J. Kobertson, JSTurseryman, 

 says : " There has been much discussion in your maga- 

 zine on the cause of, and remedy for, the frequent shriv- 

 elling of grapes, about the period of ripening, in stoves 

 and vineries. Being unluckily privileged, by my own 

 ill success, to offer an opinion, I must attribute it, in my 

 case, (for I think it may proceed from various causes,) to 

 their being enveloped, at that season, in the warm, hu- 

 mid atmosphere generally maintained in stoves. 



" In my former communication on the shrivelling of 

 grapes, (vol. 11, page 603,) I fancied I had hit on a plan 

 that, in some degree, prevented the footstalks of the ber- 

 ries from turning black, but now, after another year's 

 jjractice, chance, as it often does, has thrown in my way 

 something which I never could have discovered without 

 it. I am convinced, that too moist an atmosphere is not 

 the cause of the shrivelling of grapes, biit that it arises 

 from the inability of the vine to provide a sufficient 

 quantity of nourishment for the berries. The inability 

 of the vine to provide for its fruit may arise from differ- 

 ent causes, such as overcropping, the foliage being too 

 crowded, &c." 



Vol. 16, page 598. By W. H., (Mosely Hall.) " Sev- 

 eral articles have appeared, at different times, in the 

 Gardeners' Magazine, on the shrivelling of grapes. I 

 have tried every one of them, as they made their appear- 

 ance, but without the least success. In Dr. Lindley's 

 Theory of Horticulture, article Bottom Heat, it is there 

 stated that the cause is, that, the roots being in a colder 



