256 Account of a Method of Managing Vines, §c. 



off entirely when the berries arrive at their full size, after 

 which I keep the house as dry as possible. 



I approve greatly of Mr. French's method of applying 

 the steam and heat of dung to the forcing of Grapes,* and 

 have used it with advantage, especially in the earliest part 

 of the forcing, for the last two seasons ; having introduced 

 the dung the whole length of the house, as is represented 

 in the section (Plate VIII, fig. 1. A.) and managing it in 

 the same manner as is described by the late Mr. George 

 Anderson in the interesting Paper referred to. 



References to the Plate. 

 Figure 1. End Section of the house. 



A. Bed of Dung introduced into the house in the spring. 



B. Vine plant after it has made its first summer's shoot and 



been cut down. 



C. Path. 

 DDD. Drains. 



E. Mode of ventilating through apertures in the back wall 



three feet long by one foot deep ; these are closed, 

 when necessary, on the inside, by a sliding shutter. 



F. Flue ; only one passing through the house. 



Figure 2. Elevation of one end, and section of the back of 

 the house. 



G. Fire-place, with a rise of two feet from the grate to the 



bed of the flue, to promote the draft. 



i * See Horticultural Transactions, vol. ii. p. 252. 



