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afterwards they should be placed in any ordinary propagating pit, with 
an atmospheric temperature of 55° to 60°, the bottom heat being rather 
in advance. In this situation, with proper regard to watering, 
shading, &c., the cuttings will in course of time root freely, and may be 
potted into three-inch pots, and then placed in the same structure from 
whence they came, but as near the glass as possible; shading will be 
necessary for a short time, to prevent flagging. Supposing the plants to 
have filled the pots with roots, they may be removed into larger ones, 
and placed in a suitable house, where a brisk growing temperature can 
be maintained, admitting abundance of air on all favourable occasions; 
as they advance in growth they may be stopped and tied out as 
thought proper; they may again be shifted if required, and by the end 
of summer, if all has gone well, they will have made tolerably good 
plants, some of them perhaps sufficiently large to flower. After flower¬ 
ing they may be placed in any cool dry house, with no more water 
given than is necessary to support life. Towards the end of February 
or beginning of March they may be pruned hard in, to give them a 
compact form, and introduced into a slight warmth. Repotting will be 
necessary, this may be accomplished immediately they begin to present 
evident signs of growth. During their growing season, abundance of air 
may be supplied, with frequent syringing, and occasionally watering at 
the root with clear weak liquid manure. The final shift should take place 
about July, so that the pot may become well filled with roots towards the 
latter end of summer. This has a tendency to ripen or consolidate 
the tissue of the plant which throws it into a freer state of flowering, 
and blooming upon young wood, as a natural consequence requires but 
little stopping. 
The soil best adapted for the growth of this plant is a mixture of 
equal parts turfy loam and peat, and well decomposed cow dung, 
with a liberal supply of sharp sand, and some charcoal or burnt clay 
should be added, Green fly is sometimes troublesome, but may be 
easily eradicated by timely application of the usual remedies. 
H. M. 
THE TRENTHAM BLACK GRAPE. 
The difficulty of keeping Grapes with a good bloom on the berries, and 
free from shrivelling, through January, February, and March, is well 
known. The common Black Hamburgh, under particular circum¬ 
stances, may be obtained in fair condition up to the middle of February ; 
but, generally speaking, the berries get mouldy and begin to decay in 
December, and even earlier than that, if the least damp is allowed in 
the house. The St. Peter’s is a valuable keeping Grape, vinous, but 
with moie acidity than the Hamburgh, and with a better colour and 
finer bloom than this latter Grape usually attains; but even this 
requires great care, or it will crack, and become mouldy in damp 
weather, and the least over-firing causes it to shrivel. The Barba- 
lossa is a fine looking Grape, but takes somewhere about twelve months 
to ripen it properly, and then, besides being a fickle bearer, it is only 
