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On Grafting the Vine. 



periments leads me to believe my conjecture to be well 

 founded. I selected three cuttings of the Black Hamburgh 

 Grape, each having at its base one joint of two years old 

 wood. These were inserted in, or rather fitted to, branches 

 of nearly the same size, but of greater age; and all suc- 

 ceeded most perfectly. The clay which surrounded the base 

 of the grafts was kept constantly moist ; and the moisture 

 thus supplied to the graft operated very beneficially at 

 least, if it was not essential, to the success of the operation. 

 A very skilful gardener in my vicinity, to whom I men- 

 tioned my intention of trying the foregoing experiment, was 

 completely successful by a somewhat different method, fie 

 used grafts similar to mine ; but his Vine grew under the 

 roof of the hot-house, in which situation he found it difficult 

 to attach such a quantity of clay as would supply the requi- 

 site degree of moisture to the graft: and he therefore sup- 

 ported a pot under each graft, upon which he raised the 

 mould in heaps sufficiently high to cover the grafts, and 

 supply them with moisture. 



Some very intelligent gardeners have asserted, that they 

 have seen the berries of some of the smaller varieties of 

 Grapes enlarged by the use of stocks of larger or more luxu- 

 riant varieties. I possess no information relative to this 

 statement ; and the object of this communication is merely 

 to point out the means by which new varieties may be intro- 

 duced into the forcing-house without loss of time, or pro- 

 duce. 



The grafts which I used consisted of about two inches of 

 old wood, and five of annual wood, by which means the 



