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THE VINE IN TOTS. 
Culture .—Fennel is propagated both by seeds and a division of 
the roots; it will thrive in any soil or situation. The seeds may be 
sown in March or April. 
ARTICLE V. 
DUTCH MANAGEMENT OF WALL-TREES. 
Willow, or Hazel-rods, about the thickness of a man’s thumb, are 
peeled, and planted within a few inches of the foot of the wall, at the 
distance of eight inches from each other, and reaching to the top of 
the wall. Thin long laths of deal are laid across, and the rods are 
nailed to them, the lath being between the rods and the wall. A 
similar line of laths is placed along the foot of the willow rods. A 
few loops of iron are nailed into the wall, to prevent the frame work, 
if it may be so termed, from shifting. Then the branches of the 
fruit-trees are bound to each upright rod, by a string of Russia bass 
matting. In the ordinary English way of nailing the trees to the 
wall with selvages of cloth, more time is consumed. The fruit spur 
being kept close to the wall, and the fruit, swelling equally all round, 
presses against the wall, and that part becomes, what is called “ wall- 
burnt.” The. wall is also injured by the nails, and on being re¬ 
moved again, the holes in which they had entered afford an admira¬ 
ble shelter for the nest and eggs of every insect that infests the trees. 
Abridged from the Annual Register, for 1830, Art. Natural His¬ 
tory, &c. page 510. 
ARTICLE VI. 
REMARKS ON THE VINE IN POTS.— By Mr. Wm. Grey, 
Gardener at Shotley-Grove, near Durham. 
Perceiving that the cultivation of the vine in pots has become a 
matter of interest and inquiry among the readers of your Register, 
and that Mr. Stafford’s account is very flattering on the subject, he 
having no doubt obtained from fourteen to twenty good bunches of 
fruit annually from a vine in a pot,—permit me to offer a few remarks 
to your numerous readers. I have given a fair and impartial trial to 
the few vines I had in pots and tubs, and differing in opinion from 
Mr. Stafford and the High-Sheriffs gardener, I hope they will ex¬ 
cuse me if I honestly state the nature of my success. Were all wri¬ 
ters to give a just account, of the experiments they make, be the re- 
