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arid consequently its ability to flower another season. When the plants are in a 
growing state, they should be well attended to in watering, but when the roots 
are not in a growing state, very little or no water should be given, but the pots 
should be placed on a shelf in the stove, where they may remain until February, 
when they should be started into growth. It is freely -propagated by offsets, 
which may be taken off every year. They should be put into pots of middhng 
size, and if they are kept in a moderate degree of heat and carefully watered, 
they will soon increase in size and produce plenty of flowers.—M. Saul, Stourton. 
VINES AND VINE-CULTUKE.— Chapter VI. 
Pruning and Training (continued). 
ESUMING the thread of the sub- 
I ject at the point where it was 
broken off, at p. 226, the con¬ 
dition of the pruned Vine in suc¬ 
ceeding years may now be briefly noticed. 
Fig. 6 may be taken to represent properly 
pruned spurs of three years’ formation; 
and fig. 7 similarly well-pruned spurs at 
the end of ten years. Either may, indeed, 
by careful and rigid pruning, be kept 
within much less compass ; but the 
figures we have given may be taken to 
represent ordinarily well-formed spurs. 
The stem of a well-grown Vine at 
ten years of age should be from 1 in. to 
1^ in. or even 2 in. in diameter, more or 
less, according to the length of the rod ; 
and a Vine of this age would have for 
some time attained its full limits as to 
length, so that the pruning to be practised 
would be simply a repetition of what has 
been explained. 
One important point, however, in re¬ 
gard to the spur system of pruning is 
that of the distance apart or between the 
spurs. As a rule, they are retained too 
closely. This is chiefly owing to the 
situation of the buds, each bud being 
allowed to form a spur irrespective of its 
distance from the adjoining buds. It 
is desirable to sacrifice some of the buds, 
in order the better to develop the others. 
