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•watering, after the roots are spread out, will immediately 

 settle them in their position, and they will grow rapidl}'. 

 If grown on the place, or to be obtained near, young 

 plants, in pots, just rooted, can be used. Turn them 

 out with the ball of earth entire, and plant, without dis- 

 turbing the roots, on the inside, near the front of the 

 house.* I have planted such vines, and they have come 

 into bearing as soon as older ones ; they are to be pre- 

 ferred to old vines, as the latter are very much injured in 

 transplanting, if they have been growing in the open 

 border ; if in pots, the roots are so matted together, that, 

 in separating them, many will be broken off. 



GEAFrmG THE VINE. 



T. A. Knight, Esq., in a paper read to the Horticul- 

 tural Society, in September, 1821, says, " I selected three 

 cuttings of the Black Hamburgh grape, each having at 

 its base one joint of two years' wood ; these were in- 

 serted in, or rather fitted to, branches of nearly the same 

 size, but of greater age, and all succeeded most per- 

 fectly. The clay which surrounded the base of the grafts 

 was kept constantly moist, and the moisture thus supplied 

 to the grafts operated very beneficially, at least, if it was 

 not essential to the success of the operation." 



Mr. J. D. Parks says, " The best time for grafting is 

 when the stock is far advanced in growth as the setting 

 of the fruit. The stock should then be cut down, the 



* See Growth of Yine, remarks relative to Mr. Roberts's system. 



