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time of their having only seed-leaves ; once a week 

 or ten days, if the weather be fine, will be quite 

 sufficient during the time they remain in that state; 

 and should the weather prove either gloomy or 

 rainy at that juncture, let the watering be entirely 

 omitted. 



When the plants have so far advanced as to 

 have three or four joints a-piece, they must be 

 carefully shaked out and planted each in a separate 

 pot, filled with the same kind of mould as was 

 before recommended. 



The greatest care will be required in the per- 

 formance of the above operation, as it will be 

 beneficial to preserve as much of the roots as pos- 

 sible. When the plants again are placed in the 

 tan, or the hot-bed, a gentle sprinkling of water 

 should be given them ; and from thenceforward 

 they may be treated exactly in the same manner 

 as will be recommended hereafter for plants raised 

 from cuttings. 



I shall go on, therefore, to observe, that it 

 would not be prudent to furnish a wall, or any 

 part of a hot-house, with seedling Vines in their 

 untried state, or before they have produced fruit. 

 For although the prospect of obtaining good kinds 

 from seed saved in a hot-house, be more promising 

 and certain than that of getting them from seed 

 of grapes in vine countries, (because there, when 

 the Vines flower, the very air is impregnated with 

 the farina of the grapes of the vineyard, which 

 are, generally, of sorts only esteemed for making 



