ON THE CULTURE 



The quantity of grapes that may be produced in 

 a Pine-stove is also a desirable object ; and the 

 large bunches hanging from the roof become an 

 elegant as well as useful ornament to the stove. 



The Method of using Oak-leaves in Hot-houses. 



I presume that the leaves of the oak abound 

 with the same quality as the bark of the tree ; 

 therefore, the sooner they are raked up, after they 

 fall from the trees, the better, as that quality will 

 naturally decrease during the time they are ex- 

 posed to the weather. 



After being raked into heaps, they should im- 

 mediately be carried to some place near the hot- 

 house, where they must lie to couch. I generally 

 fence them round with charcoal-hurdles, or any 

 thing else to keep them from being blown about 

 the garden in windy weather. In this place we 

 tread them well, and water them in case thev 

 happen to have been brought in dry. We make 

 the heap six or seven feet in thickness, covering it 

 over with old mats, or any thing else, to prevent 

 the upper leaves from being blown away. In a 

 few days the heap will come to a strong heat. 

 For the first year or two that I used these leaves, I 

 did not continue them in the heap longer than ten 

 days or a fortnight ; but in this I discovered a 

 considerable inconvenience, as they settled so 

 much, when got into the hot-house, as soon to 

 require a supply. Taught by experience, I now 



