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GENERAL OBSERVATIONS 



ON 



WATERING THE VINE. 



Although it is necessary that the situation of the 

 Vine should be perfectly dry, and more especially 

 in a cold climate where the winters are frequently 

 very severe, yet Vines require a plentiful supply of 

 water during summer, particularly in a hot dry 

 season, and at the time of the swelling of the 

 grapes. 



In hot countries, the Vine is said to grow the 

 most luxuriant in a situation which is near the 

 water*; but it is generally allowed, that the 



a The patriarchs and prophets frequently represent, in Scrip- 

 ture, the flourishing state of a nation, a tribe, or family, under 

 the emblem of a Vine growing near water. 



" It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might 

 bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might 

 be a goodly Vine." Ezehiel, xvii. 8. 



" Thy mother is like a Vine in thy blood, planted by the 

 waters : she was fruitful and full of branches, by reason of 

 many waters." Ezehiel, xix. 10. 



" Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well ; 

 whose branches run over the wall." Gen* xlix. 22. The Vine, 



