CULTURE OE VINES WITHOUT POTS. 
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HORTICULTURE. 
ARTICLE III.—CULTURE OF VINES WITHOUT POTS, 
BY MR, GEORGE CHERRY, 
Gardener to Captain Howard, Heaton-Norris, Lancashire. 
The rapid improvements made in the culture of pine apple, during 
the last twenty years, must be well known to most growers. In No¬ 
vember, 1831, having about forty plants, I prepared a pit for their 
reception, by turning over the old bark to the bottom, and laying 
one foot thickness of new bark on the top. I then took the plants 
out of the pots, and planted them in this situation, and I never saw 
plants thrive better. In February, I stripped off a few of the bottom 
leaves from the plants, and added about three inches thickness of 
new bark to the bed, which greatly assisted their growth. On the 
first of March, they showed fruit of a good size, and produced suck¬ 
ers double the size of those grown in pots; they did not require wa¬ 
tering, except by means of a syringe, until the latter end of June. 
I find suckers also root the best in new bark, without pots. Make 
up a bed for a good sized melon frame, and when there is a good 
strong heat, I plant the suckers near together, and in four or five 
weeks they will be well rooted; then I carefully take them up, with¬ 
out disturbing their roots, and put them in pots according to their 
size. The sort of pine I have tried is the Montserrat; I intend try¬ 
ing the New Providence next year. The finest of these I have seen 
for some time are now growing at Mr. Manlaud’s, Wood Bank, near 
Stockport. 
I intend shortly to send you an article on the treatment of Pelar¬ 
goniums, as it regards blooming them to great perfection in small 
pots. 
Heaton-Norris, March Is/, 1834. 
ARTICLE IV.—ON VINES IN POTS, 
BY MR. STAFFORD. 
From the numerous enquiries after the success of some vines I had 
in preparation last summer, I am induced to forward you the parti¬ 
culars of their progress for the information of the readers of your 
Magazine. 
In May last, I put thirteen plants, struck the previous year, into 
pots, part of which were of the size I formerly recommended, and 
