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Of Propagating the Vine. 
SECT. V. 
Of the Propagating the Vine. 
Virgil. Altera fruntentis quoniam favet, altera Bac- 
cho; 
fjpnfa magk Cereri, rarijjima quxcp, Lyaeo. 
Since one Corn bejl ajjiffs, the other Vines 3 
To Ceres fad y to Bacchus thin inclines. 
foil for tk .ft " Ch h ” iy 8T1 d *8"® beft 
hnc. With this noble Plant : if the bottom be 
Chalk or Gravel about two foot under, 
it’s not the worle 3 if it incline much to 
Brambles, it will be kind for the Vine 
the flourilhing of that Plant being a true 
mark of the aptnefs of the ground for this. 
Therichnefs of the Soil is not fomuch to 
be defired* as the heat and drincls of it 3 
for a ftiort Vine, and full of Knots or Joynts, 
is mod prolifick, and fitted: for our Cli¬ 
mate. 
jimtion Bapcbqs loves the Sunny Hills , fays Virgil, 
cftte The declivity of a Hill towards the South 
rmeyard, j s t0 b e p re f crre d to a level 5 a little 
to the Eajl or Wefi is not bad : if it be 
defended by Hills on the North and North- 
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