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sun. But as the season advances, the weather will 

 become more congenial to vegetation, and the atmos- 

 phere of the Vinery may be allowed to get as high 

 as 80 degrees in sunshine, admitting large portions 

 of air before the mercury gets to 70 degrees, which 

 will prevent the plants from being drawn in a weakly 

 or languid state. As the shoots proceed in growth, 

 they must be kept well syringed over the foliage, 

 and the interior and exterior borders liberally sup- 

 plied with water ; as the roots will have made con- 

 siderable progress, they must be abundantly supplied 

 with this element, which will greatly add to the 

 health and vigour of the plant, the shoots being 

 kept regularly tied to the trellis, as they advance in 

 growth ; but observing still to allow plenty of room 

 for the swelling of the young wood in the tying, 

 which, otherwise, would materially injure the shoot. 

 The laterals, or side-shoots, that proceed from the 

 young wood, should be pinched off, and likewise the 

 tendrils, as they appear ; the upper one may be left 

 as a leader, in case of any accident happening to the 

 leading shoot. Thus, keeping the Vines well sup- 

 plied with light, heat, air, and water, and free from 

 insects, many of them produced shoots, in their 

 second year's growth, above 30 feet in length, and 2 

 inches in circumference ; and having the advantage 

 of a little artificial heat, in the Spring months, it 

 promoted the maturity of the wood at an early 

 period in Autumn, which may be easily ascertained 

 by the falling of the leaves, and brown colour of the 

 shoot. The operation of pruning was now performed 

 in November, in order that the wounds might be 



