ON VINEYARDS. 
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It is eafy to conceive what advantage Vines would gain from 
a (itLiation thus planned, iince the back from a to b would be 
nearly equal to a wall. 
The expence attending the formation of the ground cannot 
be very conhderable. The work fhould be begun at the top, 
and the foil taken out fliould be thrown down the hill. 
I fliould have obferved, that it would be further beneficial 
to have a little good foil put in at the angles before the Vines 
are planted : And alfo, that all hills of a Southern afpedt, and 
compofed of either Hate, gravel, fcaly rock, or limeftone, are 
very proper to be planted with Vines. 
In a difiertation on the growth of wine in England, by 
F. X. VisPRE, printed at Bath 1786, the ingenious author 
informs the public, “ That in September 1782, he hired 
a piece of ground at Wimbledon 'y that In March 17S3, he 
planted it with Vines; that his intention was then to train the 
Ihoots of them (as he has fince done at Chelfea) upon the 
ground in their natural pofitions, like the Vines of melons and 
cucumbers ; and that he hopes to make good wine with well- 
ripened grapes, almoft every year.” 
Mr. Vifpre does not arrogantly afiTume the invention of this 
method to himfelf, but very candidly acknowledges, that he 
purfued and pradlifed it in confequence of the following hint 
from 
