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preserving as many of the roots as possible, and re- 

 planting in suitable soil, laying out the roots in a 

 proper horizontal position, and by no means too 

 deep. Such trees, carefully removed, may bear a 

 good crop in the second year, and go on prosperously 

 afterwards. 



The most suitable compost for vines may be made 

 as follows ; viz. — To half a cart load of good fresh 

 loam add one quarter of a load of old, well-consumed, 

 stable dung, and one quarter of a load of lime (not 

 brick) rubbish, if to be had ; if not, the same propor- 

 tion of light-coloured sand with a little more ex- 

 hausted dung. These materials well incorporated, 

 and prepared a month or two before wanted, w^ill be 

 found in every respect proper for the vine ; and if 

 laid on a naked rock or bed of gravel, or other im- 

 penetrable substratum, to the depth of from fifteen 

 to twenty inches, the trees will succeed far better 

 than if planted in deep rich compost, fit only for the 

 grosser-feeding plants. The vine border should also 

 be of good breadth, to allow the roots to extend as 

 far outwards as they may be inclined to do. 



In the progress of forcing a vinery, one point of 

 good management should not be forgotten ; and that 

 is, to keep the under side of the leaves frequently 

 syringed, and the air within the house duly moist, 

 from the time the fruit are set till they begin to 

 ripen ; and in the early stage of forcing, should the 

 aphis appear on the shoots, fumigation must be had 

 recourse to. 



The foregoing list of grape vines contains but few 



