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ON THE MANAGEMENT 
and which ought to be omitted ; and having given fuch di- 
redions as, I am willing to hope, will be found ample and 
fufficient to enable a perfon to proceed with fair hopes of 
fuccefs, in moft foils or fituations : I (hall now proceed to 
lay down and defcribe the moft eligible method of railing Vine- 
plants. And here I am extremely happy in having fomething, 
not lefs important than new, to communicate on this fubjedl; 
indeed I fhould be extremely reludfant to offer any method, 
difterent from the general mode of pra(ftice, merely on account 
of its novelty ; but novelty, when attended by fuperior ex- 
cellence, is, certainly, a great recommendation. 
The Vine admits of being propagated various ways : Firft, 
by feeds ; fecondly, by layers ; and, thirdly, by cuttings. — 
This tree can alfo readily be propagated by grafting and inocu- 
lation. 
The Vine may eafily be propagated by feed j for feed, care- 
fully preferved through the winter, rifes very freely, and efpe- 
cially from the feed of grapes brought to early maturity. 
This, undoubtedly, is the only way to obtain new kinds 
of grapes ; but, neverthelefs, it is little praftifed, partly on 
account of the diftant profpedl and length of time, and partly 
from the hazard of obtaining better kinds than the original 
grapes from whence the feeds were taken. The profpedl, 
however. 
