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THE PRACTICAL GARDENER. 



[Jan. 



the surface, and proceed to the further end of the house, where 

 they make a turn, and return to that part of the house where 

 they entered, and the smoke is discharged in the shaft at (C). 

 The front wall is built on arches, which are within a few 

 inches of the surface, to admit of the roots of the vines find- 

 ing a free means of reaching the border outside the house. 

 Such houses have been very generally recommended by that 

 gentleman, and are, under different modifications, to be met 

 with in many of the first gardens in the three kingdoms, and, 

 where the cultivation has been judicious, the success in regard 

 to crops has been complete. {See Plate.) 



The distance at which vines should be planted, in forming a 

 new vinery, is not easily determined, as much depends upon 

 the kinds intended to be cultivated, the mode of training to be 

 adopted, and other circumstances. It is, however, always 

 better to plant too many than too few, as the cost of plants is 

 +rifling, and should any fail, or others turn out upon fruiting 

 to be of sorts of minor value, the remedy is in cutting the 

 least worthy out. We have observed already, that one vine of 

 a good sort, such as the Black Hamburg, will soon completely 

 fill a large house, and, under good management, produce as 

 great a weight of well-flavored fruit, as any number of the 

 same kind filling the same space ; and when variety is less a 

 consideration than quantity, this practice is not to be con- 

 demned. The most general mode of planting vineries, is to 

 place one plant to each rafter, with a view to permanency. 

 Many excellent gardeners, however, plant many more, both 

 for variety and to suit the mode of pruning and training to be 

 afterwards adopted by them. Amongst the latter, we can 

 instance Mr. M* Arthur, F.H.S., gardener to A. Baring, Esq., 

 who is one of the most successful cultivators of the vine, as 

 well as one of the best gardeners in the country. The success 

 of his mode of culture, we have often had the pleasure of wit- 

 nessing, and can safely assert that we never saw finer crops 

 produced. The vines in his houses are planted without any 

 regard to distance, or number. By having many vines in one 

 house, each has consequently a less number of bunches to 

 produce, and may therefore be expected to produce them of 

 greater size, both in the bunches and in the berries. But 



