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114 THE PHILADELPHIA FLORIST. [August 



English, Irish, and^Seoteh Gardeners. 



Mr. Editor : — When I read the information you gave us of the 

 sayings of a New York speechmaker on sectional superiority, I got 

 tickled — I laughed outright. What in the name of Adam should 

 make a gardener from Ireland superior to an Englishman, or one from 

 England superior to a Scotchman, or all or any way "wice wersey." 

 Had that "critter" been caught in Philadelphia, Boston or Baltimore, 

 1 calculate that with an Irishman at one leg, a Scotchman at the 

 other, with an English, French, and a Dutchman to see fair play, he 

 would have been dragged through the sweets of the nearest horse 

 pond. Probably the speech was given after dinner, and he may have 

 taken "too much coffee. " Thanks be to common sense and good 

 feeling, the absurdity is confined to New York at any rate. Let us 

 hope that as they have made a noble leap lately after the fame of 

 their sister cities in Horticulture, they will also keep in view the 

 good feeling that better prevails in them; and while they seek to en- 

 courage the growth of pansies and potatoes, cultivate also that good 

 and glorious feeling of brotherly love, without which all competition 

 is a crime, and all emulation barbarous. Civitas Mundi. 



NOTES ON GRAPE CULTURE. 



BY WM. SAUNDERS. 



Method of Introducing Grapes into Greenhouses. In "Notes on Grape 

 Culture," at page 38, allusion is made to the practice of introducing 

 grapes into greenhouses, "provided arrangements be made for the 

 withdrawal of the vines during the winter season." It consists 

 of a slight wooden frame made to fit close into the uptight light in 

 front. The end pieces taper from a point at top, to a breadth of 8 or 

 10 inches at bottom; board at bottom same width, and furnished with 

 two semi-circular holes for the introduction of the vines. For this ar- 

 rangement it is necessary that the sashes be hung at top, probably the 

 most convenient method in all cases. It will be seen that each alter- 

 nate sash only need be thus arranged, as the two plants can be trains 

 ed one to a rafter on each side. When the vines are to be brought 

 in, the sash is thrown open, the frame set in, and the plants drawn in- 

 to the holes in the bottom board ; the sash is then shut down and may 

 be permanently secured; the unoccupied lights will be found sufficient 

 for ventilating purposes. This system is superior to cutting holes in 

 the wall or taking out a pane of glass, as the whole opening of the 

 sash is clear, and the vines taken out or in without damage of any 

 kind. The best means for the preservation of the canes during win- <-(■ 

 ter, is to bind them up closely with straw ropes, and take them upj^ 



