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sorts, and the Vines exposed to the external atmos- 

 phere until the eyes begin to burst, when they 

 should then be put under the glass, but daily 

 exposed to as much air as the house will admit of, 

 until the bunches are beginning to shew, when they 

 will require to be kept rather close for the setting of 

 the fruit. 



LIST OF GRAPES. 



Black Damascus. Purple Frontignac. 



Black Frontignac. Red Frontignac. 



Black Tripoli. Red Syracuse. 



Black Hamburgh. Red Hamburgh. 



Black Lombardy, or West St. Peter's. Red Muscadel. 



Black Muscadine. Royal Muscadine. 



Black Prince. Saint Peter's. 



Black Lisbon. Syrian. 



Black Esperione. Tokay. 



Black Frankendale. White Frontignac. 



Grove End Sweet-water. White Muscat of Alexandria. 



Poonah. White Sweet- water. 



THE PROPAGATION OF THE VINE. 



The Vine may be increased in various ways, by 

 seeds, layers, grafting, and cuttings ; but the most 

 usual method of propagating the plant, is, by 

 cuttings, formed from a single eye of the preceding 

 year's wood, which should always be selected from 

 the shoots that are of the earliest growth, and appear 

 to be of the firmest texture, and best ripened ; such, 



