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XV. On the Management of Grapes in Vineries. By Mr. 

 William Griffin, Corresponding Member of the Horti- 

 cultural Society, Gardener to Samuel Smith, Esq. F. H. S. 

 at Woodhall, in Hertfordshire. 



Read February 22d, 1820. 



The commendation which has been bestowed* on the 

 specimens of Grapes, which I have had the honour to exhibit 

 to the Horticultural Society, and the assurance I have re- 

 ceived that a communication of the particulars of my plan 

 of managing the Vines which produced them, will be ac- 

 ceptable to the Society, have encouraged me to draw up the 

 following statement. 



There are several houses in the garden at Woodhall, in 

 which Grapes are produced, in succession, for the supply of 

 the family at the different seasons of the year ; but that which 

 I consider as best adapted to the purpose generally, is con- 

 structed as follows It is fifteen feet wide ; the back wall, 

 measuring from the level of the front wall plate, is thirteen 

 feet and a half high ; in front, above the wall plate, are up- 

 right sliding glass sashes, nearly eighteen inches high ; the 

 length of the rafters, which support the sloping lights, is, 

 consequently, above eighteen feet. Were I to construct the 



•September 1st, 1813. The Silver Medal of the Society was presented to 

 Mr. William Griffin, for the skill displayed by him, in the cultivation of 

 Pines and Grapes at Woodhall, specimens of each having been exhibited to the 

 Society. 



