14 CULTIVATION 



should come, it is not certain that the cutting is 

 deadj as it will sometimes throw ont a shoot nnder- 

 ground, and push its way to the surface in the next 

 season. If the cutting throws ont a strong shoot 

 the first season, you may, at the next March prun- 

 ing, cut it down to two buds from the main stalk, 

 or if a weak shoot, cut it to one bud. The young 

 vine is sometimes transplanted to its permanent 

 place about this time." 



The writer of this has received cuttings by mail 

 sent from Detroit, Michigan, to Windsor, Conn,, 

 and most of them proved to be in growing order. 

 There were two buds only on each, and were waxed 

 on both ends and inclosed in a little moss, and 

 enveloped in paper similar to a public document, 

 and the postage prepaid by weight. 



GRAFTING THE VINE. 



A vine wild and worthless, can by a few momentb' 

 labor in grafting, be made to bear plentifully of 

 any desirable sort of grapes. A writer, Mr. Herbe- 

 mont, says : " The mode which I practice usually, 

 and which is attended with no difficulty and very 

 seldom fails, is as follows : If the vi^e I wish to 

 graft is in the place I desire to have it, all 1 do ds to 

 take away the earth around it to the depth of four 

 or five inches, saw it off, or cut it off with a sharp 

 knife about two or three inches below the surface 

 of the ground. (The depth may be regulated by 

 the length of the scion used.) Split it with a knife 



