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in Holland, and which has been and is practised 

 with success in this country also, is by the use of a 

 common melon-frame placed in front of a healthy 

 vine, about two or three feet from the wall. The 

 ground within the frame is covered with slates or 

 tiles to reflect the sun's heat. A trellis is fixed 

 within and over the area of the frame at about six 

 inches from the glass. The branches of the vine are 

 loosened from the wall, laid down on and fixed regu- 

 larly upon the trellis, notches being cut in the back 

 of the frame to receive the stem. The lights are 

 then put on, covered with mats or tilted, as circum- 

 stances require; by which means the fruit are ripe 

 a month or two sooner than those in the open air : 

 they are also better in quality. 



2, New Sweet Water, — Similar in qualities to the 

 last, but with berries of more equal size. This has 

 gone by the name of " Stilward's Sweet Water," 

 and also the " Large French White ;" but which 

 name it really deserves, the author cannot say, fur- 

 ther than that he is quite convinced it is different 

 from the one first described. There are several 

 other sweet water grapes mentioned in the Horticul- 

 tural Society's Catalogue, and in those of others ; 

 but which has been uncivilly sneered at, as origi- 

 nating in whim or caprice." 



3. Esperione, — A very excellent early grape, 

 better known by the name of " Turner's Early 

 Black," from the circumstance of his having, when 

 living in Bond Street, a number of cuttings to dis- 

 pose of at a high price. It had been in the hands of 



