388 On a manner of training Vines upon open Walls. 



or Peaches deeper than the influence of the sun and air 

 can reach. Their depth should always be regulated by the 

 temperature of the climate. In such a climate as that 

 of France, where the summer heat is powerful, and pene- 

 trates deeply, if three or four feet be necessary, in Great 

 Britain or Ireland, where it is comparatively feeble, one 

 half the depth may be sufficient, and a greater would prove 

 pernicious ; but of all situations, that of a sunny sloping bank 

 is most congenial to the nature of the Vine ; this the expe- 

 rience of all ages has confirmed — 



denique apertos 

 Bacchus amat colles 



I remain, dear Sir, 



yours, very truly, 



Kilkenny, J 0HN RoBERTSON. 



February 25, 1828. 



Note by order of the Council. 

 The Council, in directing this Paper to be published, 

 are desirous to explain that, although in doing so they 

 depart from their usual practice of inserting nothing in these 

 Transactions which they are aware is not original, yet they 

 trust that the useful nature of this Communication, and the 

 importance of it to the interests of Horticulture in Great 

 Britain, will form a sufficient justification of their thus laying 

 it before the Public. 



