S3 



ON THE 



MANAGEMENT 



OF THE 



VINE IN THE HOT-HOUSE. 



In the first place, situation and soil are maturely 

 to be considered. Every Hot-house should either 

 be built on a dry soil, or where the situation is 

 capable of being made so ; because it is absolutely 

 necessary that the pine pits should be perfectly 

 dry : and these are generally to be sunk about four 

 feet below the surface of the circumjacent ground, 

 on the outside of the building. There should be 

 a drain in the front of the stove, to carry off the 

 water that falls from the roof > and this drain 

 should be as low as the foundation of the building, 

 and close adjoining to its front wall. ■ 



If the ground be wet or springy, the soil either 

 a barren sand or cankered clay, it will be requisite 

 to use all necessary expedients to prevent the roots 

 of the Vine from entering into them ; and as they 

 are to be planted immediately over the drain ad- 

 joining the front of the Hot-house, it will be indis- 

 pensably necessary also to make the drain perfectly 

 secure both on the top and sides. 



