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ADVEETISEMENTS. 



A REVISED AND ENLARGED CHEAP EDITION OF 



VINES AND VINE-CULTURE. 



' The most complete end exhaustive Treatise on Grapes ever published.' 



By ARCHIBALD F. BARRON, 



Superintendent of the Royal Horticultural Society's Gardens, Chiswick ; Secretary of the Fruit Committee 

 Author of British Apples, Pears, &c. 

 Copiously Illustrated. Demy 8vo. Handsomely bound in cloth, price 5s., post free, 5s. 6d. 



CONTENTS. 



Chapter XV.— The Pot Culture of Vines. 

 XVI.— Fruiting Vines in Pots. 

 XVII —Pot Vines as Decorative Table Plants. 

 „ XVIII.— Ground Vineries. 



XIX.— The Great Grape Conservatory at 



Chapter I.— Historical Sketch. 



II.— Propagation of the Vine. 



III. — Hybridising and RaisingVines from Seed. 



IV. — Vine Borders : their formation, soils, &c. 

 V.— Structures for Grape Growing. 



VI.— Heating of Vineries. 



VII.— Planting of Vines: when and how to 

 do it. 



VIII.— The General Management of Vineries. 

 IX.— Pruning and Training the Vine. 

 X.— Disbudding and Stopping the Shoots. 

 XI.— Setting the Fruit. 

 XII.— Thinning the Fruit. 



XIII. — Keeping the Fruit. 



XIV. — Packing Grapes. 



Chiswick. 

 XX.— Vines on Open Walls. 

 XXI.— Commercial Grape Culture. 



XXII. — Diseases and other Injuries. 



XXIII. — Noxious Insects. 



XXIV. — Selections of Grapes for Special 



Purposes. 



XXV.— The Classification of Grape Vines. 

 XXVI.— The Varieties of European Grapes. 

 XXVII.— The Varieties of American Grapes. 



Plates I.— XXX.— Illustrations of the best kinds of Grapes. 

 Opinions of the Horticultural Press. 

 The JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE says: — 'It is the most complete, and it will be accepted as the standard 

 work on the Vine.' 



The GARDENERS' CHRONICLE says:—' It is eminently practical and useful.' 



The GARDEN says : — ' It is undoubtedly the most exhaustive volume upon Vines and Vine-culture ever 

 published.' 



The GARDENERS' MAGAZINE says : -'It will certainly take, and probably keep, a leading place in the class 

 of literature to which it belongs.' 



Opinions of Horticulturists. 

 Dr. HOGG says :— ' It is the best monograph on the subject in our language.' 



Mr. E. W. BADGER says :— ' No intelligent person can read this book without understanding all that a book 



can tell about Vines and Grape-growing.' 

 Mr. W. THOMPSON writes :— Your book on the Vine I consider the most exhaustive on the subject that has 



yet been published.' 



Mr. M. D UNN says :— ' The practical instructions are plain, concise, and in accordance with the best practice 

 and opinions of the day.' 



Mr. E. PYNAERT VAN GEERT writes :— ' The more I read your excellent book, the more I am pleased with it." 

 Mr. T. F. RIVERS says :— ' It supplies a need which has been long felt, and is a thorough practical guide, not 

 only to the amateur, but to the professional Grape-grower.' 



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