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;ji:aATi:RE Vines for the dinner-table 
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CURMEIIIA WALLlSir. 
stalked, about 3-|iii. long, convolute at the base, constricted in the middle and 
open at the point, of a pale ciimson, sprinkled with small vrhite spots.—T. Moore, 
MINIATURE VINES FOR THE DINNER-TABLE. 
WAS very much struck the other day (July), on a visit to Drumpellier, 
^ the seat of Colonel Buchanan, to see quite a bevy of Vines in pots about 
5 in. diameter, and each Vine not more than 20 in. in height, with one or 
‘ijp two bunches of Grapes on each, from ^-Ib. to |-lb. weight, in first-rate condi¬ 
tion as to beiTy, and in fair colour. On examination, I found that Mr. Lewin, 
the clever contriver of this natty plan, had pot-Vines tied down to a single wire 
about C in. from the stage, trained like a cordon apple-tree. On each of thes/^ 
