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' nectar oT Bacchus,' was just what every cultivator of 

 the grape was in need of. "We had intended to have pre- 

 pared a review of it, but other matters pressed upon us, 

 and it was, for the time, forgotten. 



" The preparation of our article in our last volume 

 brought the subject up anew, and it was in reference to 

 Mr. Roberts's views that we made the remark before 

 quoted. Subsequently to the publication of our paper, 

 and unknown to us at the time we wrote, appeared Mr. 

 Allen's pamphlet on the culture of the grape, in which 

 he advises the use of carcasses ofr dead animals, if they 

 can be had, to such an extent as to cover the bottom of 

 the border. In our review of this work, (Yol. 13, p. 

 409,) we incidentally stated our objection to this practice, 

 believing it to be of no use, but rather injurious to the 

 future health of the vines. 



" Since that time, the discussion of this question has 

 principally taken place, and, to show that our views are 

 the same as those entertained by experienced cultivator, 

 as well as scientific writers, abroad, we have quoted the 

 following article from the Gardeners' Chronicle for De- 

 cember last, to which we ask especial attention." — Mag- 

 azine of Horticulture^ Yol. 14, ipage 49. 



After describing the conservatory, and with other re- 

 marks relative to the plants therein, Mr. Hovey goes on 

 to say, that it was not originally intended to plant vines 

 in the house, but that, being anxious to prove kinds, 

 " we conimenced the formation of the border, not with the 

 expectation that we should raise any grapes worth the 

 trouble. Consequently, the border was made only four- 

 teen feet wide and two and a half deep, and, as the con- 



