200 EARLY GRAPES IN THE PINERY. 



cious remedy, as the quicksilver will have no 

 effect upon the plants, although so powerful in 

 its effect upon everything breathing or possess- 

 ing animation. I should not speak so confi- 

 dently on this point, had I not have become 

 convinced from experiments of my own on the 

 vegetable tribe. 



EARLY GRAPES IN THE PINERY. 



Par. 22. — Grapes may be cultivated and 

 brought to maturity in the pinery, in a very 

 superior manner, particularly some of the most 

 esteemed sorts, which will not ripen in this cli- 

 mate without continual artificial heat ; moreover, 

 it is generally admitted, and indeed recom- 

 mended by our best practical gardeners, that 

 the shade produced from the leaves of the vine, 

 are of essential service to the pines in summer, 

 through their producing a salutary shade from 

 the extreme heat of the sun ; and although the 

 pinery, from the heat which it is necessary to 

 maintain for the general culture of the pine ? is 

 of that nature to be repugnant to the growth of 

 most tree fruits, yet it will bring to maturity in 



