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VINE. 
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b*.U when the Vines are become older, they will require a larger 
Ipace; and more efpecially. Vines of the ftrong growing kinds, 
which produce large leaves and large bunches : It will be pro- 
per, therefore, to train Ilaoots fidcways on the wall plate, from 
the flem of the plant, immediately at its entrance into the 
houfe : Thefe flioots fhould be carried up the adjoining rafters, 
and the plants, grow'ing againfl; fuch rafters, muff be taken en- 
tirely away ; except it fliould happen that the plant growing 
againfl fuch rafter is trained forward to furnifh the back wall. 
In the large Hot-houfe at Welbeck, Vines are trained in the 
manner here defcribed. Some of the plants occupy two, three, 
and four rafters each. A large Vine of the Syrian grape fur- 
nlfhes five rafters, and each branch being engrafted with a dif- 
ferent fort, the plant, of courfe, produces as many varieties. 
When a Vine-plant occupies two or more rafters, it will be 
right to prune occafionally, and particularly while the Vine is 
young, one or more of fuch Vine-fhoots down nearly to the 
bottom of the rafter. This will not only contribute to 
flrengthen the plant, but will alfo afford means to furnifh the 
rafters with a fucceffion of young wood. 
When Vine-fhoots are condudled to different rafters, in the 
manner above defcribed, every fhoot may be confidered as a 
feparate plant; and, whether grafted or otherwife, muft be 
trained up the rafter in one fhoot ; and from that time it will 
require a fimilar management to that already laid down. 
Having 
