TREATISE ON THE VINE. 



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To come now to the ensuing work. The first 

 object of consideration is the Pine and Grape 

 stove ; and it must be admitted, that the original 

 and principal object of an Hot-house consists in 

 the culture of the Ananas or Pine- Apple; but 

 still, if the Pinery be properly constructed, Vines 

 may, at the same time, be propagated therein to 

 great advantage* 



I know there are many persons who dissent from 

 this mode of practice, and they found their opinions 

 on the following objections ; 



First, They suppose that Pine-stoves are im- 

 proper for Vines, because the Pine being a tropical 

 plant, it naturally requires a greater degree of heat 

 than the Vine can possibly bear. 



Secondly, Because it is usual to train the Vines 

 along the under sides of the rafters which support 

 the glass-frames, they suppose that their leaves, by 

 contributing to darken the stove, must, conse- 

 quently, tend greatly to injure the crop of Pines. 



Thirdly, They allege, and this is but too pre- 



yet all our attempts to investigate the works of God are weak 

 and ineffectual ; we feel his interference every where, but we 

 cannot apprehend the nature of his agency any where. A blade 

 of grass cannot spring up, a drop of rain cannot fall, a ray of 

 light cannot be emitted from the sun, nor a particle of salt be 

 united, with a never-failing symmetry, to its fellow, without 

 him : every secondary cause we discover, is but a new proof of 

 the necessity we are under of ultimately recurring to him, as 

 the primary cause of every thing." 



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